The number of the employees has grown from 1,000 to 1,200. This means it has risen ____ 20 percent.
Smith asked you to repeat phone number second time so that he could set it down.
—Did you have a good time in Thailand last week?—________,it was too hot.
—Where did you meet your middle school teacher?—It was in the supermarket ______ I was doing some shopping with my son.
When I came in,I saw her ________ in the sofa ________ in thought.
He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ______, refusing them when they turn to him.