— Why weren't you at the meeting? — I ________ for a long distance call from my sister in America.
To our anger, many poverty-stricken counties build luxurious office buildings instead of money to improve the miserable conditions of local schools.
The ______, I think, he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific.
—You know I dropped medicine and physics. —You made a right decision.
I’d prefer to my judgement until I know all the facts.
The drill in Antarctica dragged on slowly because of lack of money, equipment breakdowns, environmental _____ and severe cold.