Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and entertaining, many people do not have the _______ to read a book that requires thinking.
He has spent little time on his lessons this term, so he _____ to fail the exam.
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.