Nick was __ _to talk with me last night, so I had no idea about the progress of the project

Watching Xiao Shenyang perform in a funny manner, the audience________laughter from time to time.

—Can I call you back at two o’clock this afternoon?—I’m sorry, but by then I______ to Beijing. How about five?[ ]

It ____for the whole weeksThe city will be flooded if it ____ soon.

When the foreign guest arrived, I found him speaking good Chinese. I his speech into Chinese the night before.