Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.
This heat is ___. If only we’d gone to the beach instead.
He took off his wet clothes and ___ the water out.
The teacher was angry that all of them arrived late for a(an) ___ of reasons.
When the boy was nine years old, his father ___ by enemies.
He kept running on and on, telling me the same story ___.