Why didn’t you answer my phone call, Jack— I’m sorry, but I ________ at that time.

Millie is very tall and sits _______me. So I can’t see the blackboard.

The lecturer waited for the laughter to ______ before he could speak again.[ ]

He commanded that all the gates . [ ]

Only when he reached the teahouse　　　it was the same place he’d been in last year.