We’d better _________ when he is thinking, as he prefers to solve problems on his own. 

 — You didn’t have a good time at the party? — No, I _____ a lot from the noise made by the band. 

Life’s like a play: It is not the length but the excellence of the acting that _____.

_________ by the superstars on television, the young athletes trained hard and played intensely.

 No dictionaries can _____ all the English idioms.