He found it impossible to please his boss; ____, he quit the well-paid job.
The fire was finally ______ after the building had ______ for two hours.
I have offered to paint the house ______ a week’s accommodation (居住).
_______ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
We had to wait half an hour _____ we had already booked a table.
Tom was thinking about how to explain to the teacher why he was late for class, when a good idea ______ to him.