—He must be in the reading-room now. We will find him there. ---No, he _____.Tom said he was ill at home .
90. ____ the work was very difficult, they managed to finish it in time.
89. The task is hard, ____, the workers managed to finish it in time.
88. My old school friend comes to see me now and then. The underlined part means ____.
87. Terry was so tired that he couldn’t walk ________.
86. Joe and my father are getting __________.