Life’s like a play: It is not the length but the excellence of the acting that _____.
. The reason for their failure, you know, was _______ they didn’t get fully prepared for it.
. . John promised his parents he _______ not smoke again, and he has not smoked ever since.
. My brother left home five years ago. I _______ nothing from him up to now.
. . The power to our region has been _______ by the heavy snow.
. . Though he graduated from a famous university, he was _______ failure as _______ teacher.