Many areas were stricken by the typhoon, and it was quite difficult to ______ the exact losses.

The project he was confident about ___________ to be a failure.

________ with many other people, teachers have a relatively stable income.

— What’s made you so upset?
— ____________ three tickets to the pop music concert.

Your behavior won’t be _____ in our house, so you have to be careful!

---I regret _____you John has been fired .
---I can hardly believe my ears .He is such a fine worker .

She was so amused with the magician’s tricks that she _______ a smile.

The doctor’s reputation was completely _________ in the accident. Nobody believed that he had been innocent.

Doctors         the old man not to smoke so much, but he just couldn’t give it up.

Tom and Mike are good friends. They often         each other from being punished by the          teacher.