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.

Johann’s hobby is ___________ music. He wrote a beautiful song for his wife’s birthday and played it on the piano at her birthday party.

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.

This morning, Mr. Ikeda was tired at work he _____________ all night taking care of his baby girl.

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

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.

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

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

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

George is respected by all the other people in the marketing department. Everyone in his section ____________ him for his wonderful ideas and hard work.

During his lifetime, the scientist made outstanding contributions to the study of the solar system, to say __________ of his research in physic.

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