1. If you don't know the way to the station, you should ask someone ______ directions.

2. The homeless man had to ______ the passers-by ______ some spare change to buy food.

3. It is unfair to ______ him ______ making a mistake that anyone could have made in that situation.

4. My parents always try to ______ me ______ staying up too late playing video games.

5. Many local residents ______ the proposal ______ build a new chemical factory near the river.

6. I don't want to ______ ______ my best friend ______ such a small and unimportant matter.

7. I need to ______ ______ my teacher ______ the homework assignment I missed yesterday.

8. The manager would like to ______ ______ you ______ the new project during the meeting.

9. I would like to ______ you ______ the lovely gift you sent me for my birthday.

10. Sometimes I ______ ______ what my life would be like if I had moved to another country.

11. All applicants for this senior position are ______ to have at least a Master's degree in Accounting.

12. Jerry called the bank this morning to ______ about the different types of home loans they had on offer.

13. Before using the new computer, you should read carefully the ______ which are in the ______.

14. If you can give me ______ on what needs to be done, I’ll make a detailed ______ of action for the team.

15. A new ______ to cheap and high-quality restaurants throughout Europe has just been published this month.

16. The architect drew up the ______ for our new house and gave us some invaluable ______ on the interior.

17. Mary wanted to go to the kitchen to try out a new ______ for chocolate cookies she found online.

18. There were so many delicious dishes on the ______ that I couldn’t decide which one to choose for dinner.

19. “Is my name on the ______ of successful candidates who passed the final interview?” asked Jo.

20. People usually look through travel ______ at the agency to decide on their next holiday destinations.

21. I found a great set of gardening tools while looking through a mail-order ______ yesterday.

22. Colorful ______ advertising the grand opening of the new pizza restaurant were distributed around the neighbourhood.

23. The university ______ contains all the useful information about the courses on offer for new students.

24. They deeply ______ not having installed a modern alarm system before the burglary happened.

25. Even though Diane was on a very strict diet, she simply couldn’t ______ eating the delicious chocolate cake.