Which of the following is used to speed up data retrieval in a relational database?

Complete the following collocation.

I was running late so I only had time for a _______ shower.

Once transportation across long distances made other vegetables easily available, we ______ what was available in our backyards.

Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY.

You are annoyed with me, ________?

The yield has gone up …… this year while prices have fallen by half,……….. heavy losses to the chilli growers.

The journalists have _________ that spying has caused serious _________ on the rights to free speech and privacy.

The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for seven days buried under it.

Don’t give her the cold __________. 

Choose the option that provides the most appropriate and contextually fitting word for each blank.