—How much of the foreign expert’s speech have you understood?—Next to nothing. I wish I ______ harder at English.
He waited for __________ seemed like an hour before he finally got the ticket.
John speaks English ___________, if not better than, David.
------what do you think of the shirt I bought? ------It is not only good __________ but also reasonable in price.
–It’s too late to go to the football match now; ______,it’s being to rain.
Tom killed the cat. I’ll ask him why _______.