The chairman asked me to ________the report, because he didn't want to speak for too long at this meeting.

The hotel ____ 50 yuan for a room for the night.

．It was a long time before she_________ to what he had said.

Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.

— Why does Alice look so tired?— It took her a whole morning to ____________ a new dress at the store.