Unit Nineteen

1. I wish you’d stop       . I want your frank opinion whether my plan will succeed or not.

2. I had to       to keep from telling him how goofy his new haircut looked.

3. My grandfather is as stubborn as a mule. All of us have tried to talk him into seeing the doctor have merely been      .

4. Having had enough of the mistreatment, slaves nationwide       their masters one after another.

5. She       as she recalled the insulting remarks he’d made to her.

6. Martin       in the 100-meter sprint.

7. When the universe first       has remained mysterious so far.

8. Don’t throw that big cardboard box away. It may       one day.

9. When I      , I was being escorted home by the police.

10. On hearing that Jessica, one of his best friends, was in trouble, David quickly      .

11. We       that it will clear up for the moon watching and our barbecue tomorrow evening.

12. Lay him in the shades and pour some water on his face. He will soon      .

13. The government       at the last election by overwhelming majority.

14. Human beings’ dream of flying high in the sky finally       when Wright Brothers invented the first airplane in early 1900s.

15. After losing the contract that big foreign company, Maggie

         with her boss.

16. The young man was caught lifting a cell phone from a lady’s handbag and had to      .

17. The intriguing idea suddenly       that maybe we can cook ourselves for the thank-you-party for all our teachers instead of a big dinner in the restaurant.

18.Tim had called Carl a chicken, but after Carl tried bungee jumping, he was made to ____.