____ is the ability to do the job rather than where you come from or what you are that matters.
Many of them turned a deaf ear to her advice, _______ they knew it to be valuable.
After his retirement, John fishing as one of his new hobbies.
In this workshop, the output of July was three times __________ of January.
Leonardo da Vince_____birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.
— What made Bill so angry? — ______. His girl friend promised to come at 8:30, but she hasn’t come yet.