—How long is it since you picked up your badminton training? —It was not until my finance became better last December _______ I started the training.
If I had known you were coming, I ______a larger table.
I passed by Joan quickly without greeting her, ______not to see her.
The inventor was determined to go on with the experiment_______countless failures.
To our great relief, the exam turned out to be not so difficult as we_______.
It’s one thing to have theories, but it’s _______to put them into practice.