— Thank you so much for the lovely evening, Jim.— _________.
We still cannot persuade him to give up smoking ____ hard we tried.
____ we went those days when we were in the countryside, we were warmly welcomed.
A ____ road goes ____ from our village to the center of the town.
When his mother came in, Charlie pretended _________.
The kid is not ______ to work out the problem, for it’s too difficult.