I'm terribly sorry but I ......... what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.

I ......... attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.

Can you......... me all right over there because you are rather a long way away?

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

I ......... to the concert every Monday on the radio and I imagine I am there listening to it in person.

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

Now will you please......... me and pay attention to what I'm saying because it's very important.

You've been making so much noise with your music that people at the far end of the road can ......... you.

He sometimes pretends he can't......... a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.

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