If it ________ for the heavy rain then, we would have arrived here ahead of time.
. People always hate betting on football. __________ to our joy, our legal authority took action at length.
—I thought you were proud of the coat I ________.—I’m afraid not. You’d better change it for another.
We have strong __________ for believing that the mine accident in Heilongjiang was due to the poor management.
Many teens don’t have enough sleep because they have too much homework, which ______ them up at night.
Food safety is ______ important, so the government spares no efforts to prevent food pollution.