In the bubble years, lending standards slipped ______,allowing many people to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing.
It's surprising that your brother ______Russian so quickly—he hasn't lived there very long.
He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead,because the airconditioning system ______.
Rod loves ______ clocks. However,he never manages to put them together again.
We were all agreed that the cottage would ______ a perfect holiday home for the family.
I've ______ the habit of calling in on my grandparents on my way home from school.