She put the sugar and butter into a bowl and ________ them up.

When the young man was shown the evidence, he _______ and told everything he had done to the police. 

My parents expected too much of me. When they heard that I hadn’t passed the college entrance examination, they almost ______. 

It suddenly        to the teacher that he hadn’t left any assignments(作业) to his students.

Eric felt the bag brought back by his parents, curious to know what it              .