Don’t try to _____ your boss; he won’t plan to employ me—a fresh student.
---Isn’t it a surprise that I happened to meet Francis Mathews at the Christmas Party last week? ---If my memory serves me correctly, you _____ each other for exactly two years.
We all held the view_____the book said was right.
______ it have been the failure to pick up directions from the ground control that caused the air crash?
---What’s the matter with Christine?---A letter from her parents in California_____an attack of home sickness.
After the quarrel, I tried all my best to fix the misunderstanding between us, but all my efforts seemed _____.