—Did Jim come?—I don’t know. He _______ while I was out.
to playing computer games, he is always absent from school.
—Was it by cutting down staffare not diligent enoughshe saved the firm? —No, it was by improving work efficiency.
He slowed the bleeding bypressure to the wounds until the ambulance arrived.
Action, not talk wasshe graded her students on.
—You seem to be familiar with this city. —Ihere for three years.It's great to be back.