— Why weren't you at the meeting? — I ________ for a long distance call from my sister in America.
The two presidents agree with each other on the whole, but much remains ______ at the following meeting.
The manager promised to keep us _____ of how our business was going on.
Though _____ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
I haven’t read ____ of the articles carefully, but I find that there is a striking similarity between them.
The Dead Sea is so salty ____ it’s hard for anything to live in it, ____ is why it’s called the Dead Sea.