Perhaps what you’re reading or hearing is boring, which makes it hard to               on the book or the conversation.

Excuse me. Could you tell me                        ?

He told me to rest for a while.

      “                for a while”, he said.

D. needed to do

Tom told us that sometimes he had difficulty                         his feelings.

My parents asked me to find out                    it gave you so much trouble.

B. How long had you studied English