33. --- How can you be late for such an important conference? --- Sorry! But my flight was ______ by fog.
The old lady was nervous, _____ she wasn’t used to strangers calling late at night.
During the floods, the cars, trains and buildings could not survive, _____ the people who stood in the way.
—Excuse me, sir! Could you tell me the way to Tianfu Suare?—Sorry, but I’m a stranger here as well.—_____
Mike, I really appreciate your _____, without which I would have failed the interview.
Why are you still working on this project? It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and you’re supposed _____ it by noon.