The moment I completed the 800-meter race in the school sports meet, my legs _______．

At the party, you oughtn’t to_____the joke. Didn’t you see the hostess was a bit______?

--Thank God you are safe! ---I stepped back , just _________ to avoid the racing car.

I didn’t know what “loquacious” meant and had to ________ in a dictionary.

When the teacher found some of his students getting nervous at the examination, he told them to _____ .