He was seriously ill. That’s he didn’t appear at the party.

If I were you, I would have accepted the job.— I ______ the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.[ ]

Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel.

Wendy’s grandpa his old friends since he moved to the city of Nanjing. He misses them very much.— I think they miss him, too.

scovery of the oil field, to the delight of the whole nation, will largely _______ the country’s dependence on imports of energy.