We can’t go to the concert. _____, it’s too cold. Besides, we’ve no tickets.
With winter ______ near, it is colder and colder.
--How do you like the film?--There was nothing special, it was only______.
--Have the papers been corrected?--Yes, but I regret ______ that you failed it.--Well, now I regret ______ hard on it.
Life is like a long race______ we complete with others to go beyond ourselves.
I was impressed by the way______ she did it.