. ---Is Bob still performing? ---I’m afraid not. He is said ______ the stage already as he has become an official.
Mathilde and her husband turned the whole room upside down ________ the lost necklace.
________ the help of her teacher, Mary ________ in the past few months.
—Tom has passed the final exam. —______! He never really worked hard before.
In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.
________ lack of interest, Tom kept trying hard to catch up with others.