When we were young, every evening my brother and I ___ stay at home waiting for our mother.
—Why not join us in the game? —I’d love to, but my mother insists that I _______ all my homework first.
As far as I am concerned, Jim is a very ________ boy—if he promises to help us, he’ll do it.
—Have you ________ him to keep good hours? —Yes, I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.
No agreement has been reached as both sides refused to ________ at the meeting held yesterday evening.
The time he has devoted in the past years _______ the homeless is now considered _________ of great value.