With a lot of difficult problems ________, the newly-elected president is going to have a hard time.
Lessons can be learned to face the future, ______ history cannot be changed.
When he came in, he found his nephew ______ on the sofa watching a cartoon program.
Tom was wild with joy when his mother told him that his stolen bike had been ______.
We would rather our daughter ______ at home with us, but it is her choice, and she is not a child any longer.
He’s ______ as a “bellyacher”—he’s always complaining about something.