In fact, he ______ in bed all the morning without doing anything, but he _____to me about that.  

In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.

He ______ his sister to give up the plan for cycling along the Mekong River, but failed. 

Many animals _____________the same fate as the large extinct elephant because of the environment.

The prisoners _____ to escape, but failed.