1. It didn't take long for the children to ________ off the cakes and pastries that had not been eaten at the party.

2. My car very rarely ________ first time when the weather is really cold.

3. Who would like to ________ off the debate?

4. I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of ________ .

5. I ________ what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.

6. They wanted their daughter to improve her social skills and sent her to the famous ________ school in Switzerland.

7. I ________ my car to make sure it worked about ten mintues before I drove to work.

8. I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't ________ up that old argument again.

9. I have been ________ strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.

10. Sadly their marriage of 25 years ________ in divorce.