We owe / acknowledge it to our country! We just can’t give in / out now.

I expect I will have got / getting / to have got the promotion by the end of the year.

This option may ___ be the only plausible solution.

We’re having some reservations about launching / launch / to launch of the company in May.

If you leave / carry out the cops’ instructions, everything is going to be just fine.

The man gave us a menacing / merciful look and pulled out a gun. The priest didn’t move a muscle and I envied his fulfilling / unwavering belief that everything was going to be as it was meant to be.

Meeting extraterrestrial life is my _____ dream.

I’ve never turned my back / knuckled under on my friends, I hope they’ll never do the same.

I haven’t brushed / skimmed up on anything for the test, so I’m just going to pursue / play truant today.

Would you mind me asking / telling me / to tell me who your sponsor is?

The ____ line is, you can’t trust everyone, people are inclined to be deceitful.

If you keep calling / giving your cousin names, you’ll be grounded for the rest of the week.

Whether we find someone or not is of secondary / second importance.