— I had thought he would be nervous in this speech competition, but he turned out to be calm. — He quite enough preparation for it.
I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice __________ I picked up the phone.
__________ in 1993, the EU, together with the US, is one of the two largest economies in the world.
Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company,__________ as 3M.
After many experiments, finally we __________ the material we wanted very much.
The water __________ the sand soon disappeared.