The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he _______ some European business partners.

—What is the price of gas these days?   —Oh, it ____________ sharply since last month.

—Flight CA 581_____________. I must be off now.   —Have a nice trip.

My money ________.I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I've none in hand.

—Li Ming went abroad in 2000.
—No wonder. I ______ him ever since.

Last week I took the Civil Service Admission Examination, for which I _____ for nearly three months．

He _______ foreigners in his cafe before, so he didn’t know how to serve the American family.

The doctor advised me to go on a diet because I _____ weight during the last two months.

Nearly half a million immigrants，many of them English—speaking，     in the country during the last quarter of the nineteenth century．

—Did you have a good time meeting your old friends yesterday?
—Yes, I did. I        them since we graduated from college.