Answer:
1. Louis was listening to the man's bragging, his manner growing increasingly frosty, and Beth appeared excruciatingly uncomfortable.
2. I learned this from classmates bragging about their amorous conquests of the night before.
3. He carefully thinks about and believes what he says, and he can usually back up his bragging.
4. Later she overheard her supervisor bragging about this humiliating order to others.
5. It doesn't matter where the two teams are in the table, it's about bragging rights of being the best team in the area.
