You look not a bit older than you did 10 years ago. How do you _______ so young?

When Phillip lost his competition, Mark did his best to ________ the news gently．

Tom was a black slave and he at last ______ the cotton farm to join the North Army.

We do not permit ________ in the office.

While he was in America, he was _______ with a group of bad men, so now the police are looking for mim.