Affected by the financial crisis, Jack's business is not as good as before, so he has to ________ the expenses of his company.
—Ouch! You hurt me! —I am sorry. But I any harm. I to drive a rat out.
I will be away for at least one year and I’d appreciate ______ from you now and then.
—Jack, your father has gone out without this umbrella! —Well, take it easy. _________ he comes back for it.
Hearing the boring news, I was too distracted (心烦意乱)tomy attention on my homework.
Tom was ______ that he couldn’t understand ______ difficult sentence.