The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to _____ rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways to deal with its own problems.
I ________ him in time, otherwise he would have fallen off the bike.
—Have you heard about the recent election?—Sure, it ________ the only thing on the news for the last three days.
Around two o'clock every night, Sue will start talking in her dream. It somewhat ________ us.
On Monday mornings it usually ________ me an hour to drive to work although the actual distance is only 20 miles.
He didn't ________ what I said because his mind was on something else.