84. Whether she likes the play or not is a matter of her _______ preference. Which of the following cannot be put in the blank?
Don’t _______ your breath trying to persuade them; they’ll never listen.
If you lend me a pound, it will _____ me having to go to the bank.
I missed what was happening because I wasn’t ______ very closely.
She went to the station to meet her husband, but _____ him in the crowd.
. It’s hard to rescue drowning people because they _____ so much.