The snowstorm ________ our difficulties.

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

A Chinese low-budget film, Lost in Thailand, has _______ profits and praise since it hit movie theaters on 12 December.

After working until midnight for two weeks, he finally ______ and had to stay in the hospital.

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.