— Do you know why the teacher asks for me ? — He wants you to _____ your absence last night.

I can’t _ __it when people speak with their mouths full.

Single-parent usually____ some of the functions that absent adult in the house would have served under the financial crisis.

 She pretended __________ me when I passed by.

The thing that _____ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.