As soon as the principal ______ the news on the bulletin, the students began gathering in the school garden.

Despite ______ the project.

Larry, my American friend in Nanjing, has learned to use well and can eat beef noodles the way most local people do.

We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems ________ the Yangtze River.

You cannot predict everything. Often things don’t _____ as you expect .