Fill in the missing words bank, shore or coast. pete: let's swim to the opposite ... bob: oh, the ... of the river are very beautiful. pete: have you been to the black sea? bob: yes, and i like the ... of the black sea. pete: why did you say the ... of the black sea? bob: because we say the ... of the river, but the shore of the sea, lake, ocean. we may also say the coast of the sea but it means the shore line.