The boss didn’t accept the reason for her being absent for the meeting_________ she didn’t know there was  a meeting and __________100yuan from her salary this month.

Other girls in the office ____________ Mary’s looks, so they were not very nice to her.

Peter must be ill. It’s the only thing that can  _________ his strange behavior.

Unless you work as hard as you can, you won’t ______ your classmates. 

Don’t eat too much chocolate, or you can ______ weight quickly.

The majority of people in the town strongly __ the plan to build a playground for children.

As a famous Chinese saying , he who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man.

---Try to remember to turn off the light when you leave the room. ---I’m trying to    expenses.

. When cutting the cloth for my suit, leave enough at the edges to   my getting fatter.

--How are your business goes wrong? ---But I have done all that is    by law.

---There is something wrong with my watch, will you    ? ---Let e see.

It’s quite normal to    ten percent of the cost of a building for a period of six months or so, in case faults are found in it.

---Bob’s   the branches from the tree. Go and   for firewood. Bill! ---Do you think I’m really     for his kind of work?

He     20 dollars for his old bike the other day.

A dark blue design will not    on a blackboard.

It is much easier to talk about social change than to    .

It’s your turn to _the tale 

The captain told the sailors to their sprits when they were on the point of giving up.

The death of her dog made her sad, and it took a long time to    it.

I really don’t want to go to the Party, but I don’t see how I can  it.