She hurriedly left the room as if ___.
In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers to ______regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pills.
Believe it or not! If you travel by jet plane, Tokyo and Shanghai are ________ neighbors.
Small businesses are finding it hard to survive in the present economic ________.
It’s true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We won’t take the new one, ______, because we don’t feel as safe on it.
With so many Western companies, banks, and others setting up offices here, our telephone directory can not _____ and has to be updated every few days.