–So you didn’t say “Hi” to your partner when you saw her? –Well,I stopped and smiled at her, but she         me and walked on with her head high.

Doctors ___ the old man not to smoke so much, but he just couldn’t give it up.

Heads from different countries gathered in Amsterdam and President Xi jinping _____ a speech on nuclear safety.

The graduation ceremony, which thousands of graduates _________ last night, was a success.

When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ___ up, her voice had been full of life