We walked as fast as we could, _____ to catch the 9:30 train.
---Alice, you didn’t come to Tim’s birthday last night. ---I wished I had, but my parents just simply___ not let me out so late at night.
To their deep sorrow, there was nothing left ______ the city except ruins after the violent earthquake, which turned the whole city into a silent world.
I went to her home and found her living conditions were_______ than mine.
— What do you think made him put into prison?—_______ stealing the valuables.
With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______ each year.