The officials said the downward trend of A/H1N1 flu activity did not______ mean the worst was over. Flu activity might pick up next year.
_____ how to express the idea in English, he turned to the dictionary.
He hasn’t slept at all for three days. _____ he is worn out.
There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we ____ gave up.
—How did your father deal with you? —We were lucky to _____ being punished.
The professor explained this theory so clearly that this phenomenon was easy enough ________.