— I hear your dad is ill. Is he ____ better? — Thanks. He’s fine now.
We ________ our lives had it not been for the policeman.
Wang Ling, one of my friends, is very good at English. He speaks English as if he ________ an Englishman.
The teacher agreed to the suggestion that the students ________ two weeks to prepare for the exam.
I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for me.
But for the party, he ________ of hunger fifteen years ago.