I’d rather read than watch television;the programs seem all the time.
I’m sorry to _______ the meeting, but there is an urgent call for the chairman.
As I joined the big crowd, I got _______ from my friends.
-----Have you finished your homework yet? ----- Not yet, I _______ to do it just a few minutes ago.
He was _______ by his failure to find the job he had been looking forward to.
Our school _______ smoking, that is to say, we are not allowed to smoke at school.