Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
Until you confess your crime, the abdomen would ______ to grow and grow until you could not breathe.

Correct option is D

The correct option to fill in the blank is (d) continue.
Explanation: The verb “continue” fits the context logically and grammatically – the abdomen keeps growing unless the crime is confessed.
Meaning: Continue – to persist or proceed with an action (जारी रहना)
Example: The pain continued to increase until he went to the doctor.
Other options:
· (a) Expire – to die or come to an end (मृत हो जाना)
· (b) Desist – to stop doing something (रुक जाना)
· (c) Reckon – to calculate or estimate (अनुमान लगाना)