He ______ his sister to give up the plan for cycling along the Mekong River, but failed. 

 American women were______ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

In 1492，Columbus ________ on one of the Bahama islands，but he mistook it for an island off India.

The old couple wanted to sell their house and ______ it in a newspaper.

(2013·新课标全国卷Ⅱ)The watch was very good, and he ________ 20 percent down for it.