--- Have you ___________ him to give up the job? ---Yes, I have. But he doesn’t listen to me. 

--- What are you reading there, Susan?   --- Nothing interesting. I am just ________ the pages to kill time.

—What are you reading, Jim? —I’m not really reading, just _____ the pages.

As a young man, he ________ many social activities and later _______ the Party.

—Do you think you could successfully light the flame at the opening ceremony?—_______. This is not the first time for me.