A good friend is a person who you can _______ in your hour of need.

John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to ____all his trousers to his measure.

The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic.

People usually turn on the radio to listen to evergreen songs, which _____ them of their past.

The soldiers planned to _____ the bridge but had to give up because a storm ____.