(2012浙江卷) Brown said he was by no means annoyed;_____ he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.
Her husband felt it would be silly to __ the colour of the curtains before they had painted the room.
He spoke so quickly that I didn't _____ what he said.
Every time he tried to start the car, the wheels _____ deeper into the mud.
As the storm drew near, black clouds were _____ over the sky.
The city was _____ to me, and I didn't know where to go.