Write one word only in each gap.



JUDITH: Hello, you\'re home early. How did the meeting go?
АLEX: Awful! It all started to go wrong when the car broke down. I didn\'t want (example) to get my suit dirty so I gave up (1) to fix it after a few minutes.

JUDITH: So then what did you do? 
АLEX: You know I hate (2) getting to a meeting on time ... so I took a taxi. 

JUDITH: Alex! That must have been really expensive!
АLEX: I didn\'t intend (3) go all the way by taxi - just to the station as I knew there was a train at about nine o\'clock. But there was an accident on the way, and I missed the train anyway. 

JUDITH: So you went all the way by taxi?
АLEX: Yes, the driver didn\'t want (4) take me because he had another appointment but I persuaded (5) to. Of course he made (6) pay the whole fare, and extra because he\'d missed his appointment. 

JUDITH: Oh, Alex.
АLEX: Then at the office they said I couldn\'t give my presentation because I was late 
-I didn\'t (7) hem see I was annoyed, but I was! They were angry, too 
- they had hoped to (8) the meeting on time so that they could finish by lunchtime, and they had waited for me for over an hour. It was a completely wasted day.

JUDITH: And a really expensive one!