It was what he meant rather than what he said _________ annoyed me.
The beautiful lady was at ______ loss when ______ word came that she was forbidden to drive for speeding.
The Chinese economy is still doing well ______ the current financial crisis.
Jack was ______ the computer games so that he failed the exams.
We all think it is Jack as well as his wife that ______ for their son's bad performance at school.
It's so nice to hear from her. ______ , we last met more than thirty years ago.