Was it not until you began to work —— how much time you had wasted?
If you go to Xi' an, you will find the palaces there more magnificent than commonly _______.
I remember ______ this used to be a quiet village.
Readers can ______quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.
The hero of the story is an artist in his________.
—What do you think made Mary so upset? —_________her new bicycle.