Make sure that your speech is _________ and to the point, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time.
You can’t imagine what difficulty we had _______ home in the snowstorm.
—Has your father returned from Africa yet? —Yes,but he _______ here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia.
We had to wait half an hour _______ we had already booked a table.
Don’t be _______ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.
-Turn off the TV,Jack.your homework now? -Mum,just ten more minutes,please.