Though ________ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

This company was ______ of using misleading advertisements in its promotion of the weight-loss pills

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

---How was Mary’s performance?---Oh, pretty good. I was quite __.

 After three hours' discussion, the meeting finally ________ without any agreement on the issue.