— No one answered when I phoned this morning. Where were you?— I         for teeth in the dental clinic.

The Chinese government has made great efforts to ______ the gap between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.

They won’t buy any new clothes because they ________ money to buy a new car. 

 --- Hurry up! We have to get going. --- Just a minute. I ________the paper.

—Don’t you feel surprised to see Bruce at the meeting ?—No. I really didn’t think _____________ here .