"Never for a second," the boy says, "that my father would come to my rescue."
She was such a proud person that she would die ______ she would admit she was wrong.
— Did your sister pass the exam? — She failed and is in low spirits. — I'm sorry for her. — ______.
He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ______, refusing them when they turn to him.
— How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful? — It ______ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
The house could fall down soon if no one ______ some quick repair work.