The more one is ______ the English-speaking environment, the better he or she will learn the language.
I know you want to borrow money but I don't have ________ at hand myself.
—What major will you choose when you are at university? —________ but English, which has brought terrible dreams to me for the past 12 years.
She wanted a job, ________ she had never experienced before.
—Which of these resorts do you like best? —________.They are both hot and crowded.
The power failure made ________ difficult for us to complete the task on time.