—Pity you missed the lecture on nuclear pollution.—I _______ it ,but I was busy preparing for a job interview.

Though the girl had been suffering from the blood disease, she acted as if nothing____ to her while facing her friends and relation.

I know it’s normal for such a thing to happen, but we _____ it if we’d been more careful.

But for the fact that China _____also affected by the global economic crisis，we ____ fewer unemployed workers now.

—Why didn’t you put your cellphone in your overcoat pocket?—I      , but I was afraid it would be stolen.