I could hardly wait to tell Jim the good news but I had to before I could speak.
The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.
Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.