I’d appreciate ______ if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.
A long time ________ a person, which is really a truth.
five minutes before the last bus left, we arrived at the station.
________ is known to us is that time is limited and precious.
―I went to the beach and got plenty of rest and sunshine. ― You looked tired last time I saw you .
With no rain for three months, and the food supplies running out, the present ________ here is getting worse.