I’m hoping that John will let us have the car tonight; __________, I’m afraid we won’t be able to go out.
I don’t know why she began to cry ______________ she read the letter.
Nowhere else, as Tim said, _____ except the small garden in the backyard after school.
The woman _______ is so nervous that she can’t express herself clearly.
Mr. Wang has made up his mind to devote all he could ______his oral English before going abroad.
Tom had no choice but to ________ an excuse to explain his being late.