When people move to another country, they often try _________ the custom of their native land.

Due to bad weather, the police had to ________ the search for the missing boy.

Compared with the other players on the team, that footballer was short. But his speed _______ his small size.

 All the employees at the company are _______ their business as usual.

They are going to ________an advertisement in the papers for the position of the sales director.

Friends have to learn to _____ annoying habits and to bear differences of opinion．

If our time is usefully employed, it will _____ some useful and important products．

Do be careful with what you are to say. If you ___, you will leave a bad impression.

To better understand the English poem, we ___ it into Chinese.

 Before the operation, the doctor ___the nurse to be careful.

Few countries         the independence of that country.

 Though the price of gas has gone up a lot since November 2010, the man doesn’t     it at all, for he has a well-paid job.

If you keep on working hard, you are sure to      in your career.

At the meeting, the old man ______ some good advice about bringing down the market price of onion.

Last year I _____ my dad to give up smoking, and succeeded 。

Ever since he caught the N1H1, Peter _____ so much pain that he is coughing day and night.

The Jews _____ a series of disasters in World War II, because the German Nazis wanted to kill all of them.

Some insects ______ the color of their surroundings to protect themselves.

---What are you reading, Tom? --- I’m not really reading, just _____ the pages.

We had a hard time the last time we went camping, because the fire ______ during the freezing night.