He was about half through his meal ______ a familiar voice came to his ears.
Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I moved to New York.
The Forbidden City attracts a ________ stream of visitors every day, especially during national holidays.
Mary worked here as a ________ secretary and ended up getting a fulltime job with the company.
—Which one of these two dictionaries do you advise me to buy, Oxford or Longman?—Well, take Oxford. I think it is the ________ of the two.
Nothing that you say can change his mind, ________?