In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.

You won’t be______ by the host to the wedding ___ you are a good friend of his.

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

The past 30 years has ______ the great changes that have taken place in China.

I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always ______ you ______ a careful driver.