Standing beside the hospital bed, watching my father’s life _______ away, I felt so sad.

After all it __________ great efforts and much time to master any foreign language.

“Goodbye, then,” she said, without even ___________ from her book.

-- Must you play the guitar so loudly ? I can hardly ___ my book . --- I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were reading .

He ________to come at eight, but in fact he never comes before nine.