The beautiful woman was ____ by the businessman’s offer of marriage and stupidly gave him most of her money.
The engineer spoke highly of the government’s efforts, ____ he owed his safe return from Libya.
—Why did you leave without a word of warning to John?—But what _____ otherwise? He never listens to me.
Mary often stays up, reviewing her lessons, books___ all over the desk.
—Look, the paint is starting to come off ____ the wall is damp.—Well, we'd better have the wall repainted some day.
If you ___ stick to the unrealistic approach, the worse result will be waiting for you not far ahead.