Kate closed her bedroom window because the sound of the construction on her street was ____________ her.

Shuntaro has always tried to help the other members of the chess club. He has been doing so ____________ since he become the club’s president earlier this year.

A: This car is great, but it cost too much money. B: Don’t worry, honey. Let me see if I can ____________ the car salesperson into giving us a discount, so we can buy it at cheaper price.

A: Janet is always complaining about her job. B: Yeah, I’m getting ___________ of it. I wish she’d stop.

Andy focused on ____________ for his science report. It was about how certain birds lost the ability to fry over millions of years.

Lisa and her brother had an ___________ about whose turn it was to wash the dishes. They each thought that they were the one who had done it last time.

Joe made a web page to sell some of old items. He put pictures on the web page and wrote a detailed ____________ of each item.

The police had ___________ that showed the man had robbed the bank. His face could be seen on a video taken by the bank’s security cameras.

A: I’m going to be away next week, so please ___________ your assignment to Ms. Edwards. B: OK, Professor Clifton. I’ll give it to her as soon as I’m done.

Monica trained very hard for the state tennis champ longship. ____________ her efforts, she could not win.

A: I can’t get the Internet to work. B: You need to _____________ that blue cable to the computer. Then it should work.

Carrie wants her children to speak more ____________, so she often reminds them to say “please” and “thank you” to other people.

If Tom’s grandparents __________ a computer last year, they’d still be using their old typewriter.