He handed in the essay two days later than his classmates,but it was still _____the time limit set by the teacher.
There seemed no end to their troubles; nowhere _________ upon a path.
It’s a common _______ that a person will be sentenced to death if he or she commits murder in China.
I dislike _______ when people use money to buy themselves out of trouble.
— I heard that as many as two thousand people were killed in the earthquake.— Yes. I think __________ news came as _________ shock to us.
-----I’m afraid I can’t finish the novel you lent me this week.-----___________.