Dr. Yang worked ______ three days ago.

We regret ______ unable to agree to the buyer's request as stated in the L/C stipulations for insurance to becovered up to the inland city.

I want to go to the grocery,but you _______with me.

Which of the following italicized words DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning?

You ’d better sing. It doesn’t ______ whether you can sing well or not.

____, she led a life of complete seclusion.

The landlady was very strict. She asked that we ____ television on week nights.

Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ____find a place to settle down.

—Do you mind__________ here?

—________.

_____ at in this way, the situation doesn ’t seem so desperate.