My father is ________ to come to my house for this winter.

Today is the best day of my life! All my years of training as an explorer have finally ______! [ ]

What if our demand for more free time to learn by ourselves is not _________ by the school authority?— Hold on to it until we succeed. [ ]

There was a big dog ______ in front of Mr. Hill’shouse, so David didn’t dare to go near it.

Ralph W. Emerson would always ______ new ideas that occurred to him.