— How do you think I should receive the reporter?—__________ you feel about him, try to be polite.
— Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened?— I ______ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill.
Lots of coal miners died on the job last year, ______ the government to shut nearly 800 small mines in Shanxi Province alone.
The boy has _____ a fine knowledge of geography by careful study.
The policeman told me that I had passed the driving test and never in my life _______ so happy and excited.
Having paid off all their ____, the Smiths are now ____ financial problems.