The work was ________ for the little boy. So we’d better lend him a hand.
This machine _______. It hasn’t worked for years.
I would rather _____ a little earlier to avoid ________in the rush hour traffic.
He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ______ a native speaker.
It was ____ that he had to ask for help.
Pierre Curie stopped his research and _______ Marie in the search of an unknown material.