These shoes look very good. I wonder __________.
She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was _____.
He offered to _____ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry.