--I went to work on foot yesterday, though it was raining cats and dogs.---You __________ a bus. You were likely to get a cold.
Their talks failed to reach any agreement and ______ now seems little hope of a settlement.
Could you lend me 50 pence? ______, I’ll have to change a £10 note into coins.
We should advance step by step and not reach ______ what is beyond our grasp.
— Flight 551 for Dalas ______. I must be off now. — Have a pleasant trip then.
She broke away from the traditional ______ of wife and mother and became a journalist.