I promised to get there before 5 o'clock, but now the rain is pouring down. They ________ for me impatiently.

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Can you give me the right answer?

Sorry, I ________. Would you repeat that question?

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—Can Li Hua help me with my English?

—I regret to tell you her English is ________ yours.

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Some of the wheat came from Canada. How about ________ ?

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—I hear that as many as 150 people were killed in the earthquake.

—Yes, ________ news came as ________ shock to us.

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To my disappointment, the computer I had ________ was out of order again.

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The meeting was to ________ at 9 o'clock but the manager ________ until twenty minutes later.

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—Did you listen to the speech?

—No, we ________ it. But we had a lot of traffic on our way.

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The boss asked the young man to be brief and _________ as he had little time to spare.

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The experts of ________ are ________ to forbid people to smoke in public at present.

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