Because of the rise of sea level, some islands will disappear. _____ people of certain countries will have to look for new places to live.
The clerks were at work so ____ that nobody realized it was already lunch time.
The novel was so interesting that he read it _____ in a single day.
After the flood, no house in the village ______,
-----Hi, Nancy, I didn’t know you had come back. So have you graduated from college? ---- Yes. I _____ French for 5 years in Nanjing.
---- Could I have a word with you? ---- Sorry, I am busy ______. Shall we do it later?