He trained hard in puzzle-guessing, a sort of children’s game, all year, _____ still failed to reach his best form in all the tests given to both adults and children.
Now that you are in charge of the department, you are ___________ to carry out the plan.
Most of her spare time ______ , she still kept on her research in the laboratory.
He _____ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.
The police are trying to find out the ____ of the woman murdered in the bathroom.
—Didn’t the guard see him breaking into the bank? —No, he ______ in the other direction.