The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors,________ are beyond our control.
Jim is fond of his present job. He must get a real ________ out of his work.
—I really don't know what I ________yesterday without the bike you lent me.—Glad to have been some help to you.
Here was a nice little present for everyone, with a suitable poem ________ to it.
________ no point in beating around the bush. Let's ________.
—You didn't wait for Mr. Smith last night, did you?—Yes, but we ________. He didn't return home at all.