The accused man __________ himself by saying that he killed the man totally out of self-defense and it was completely an accident.
Wang Ling, one of my friends, is very good at English. He speaks English as if he ________ an Englishman.
The teacher agreed to the suggestion that the students ________ two weeks to prepare for the exam.
I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for me.
But for the party, he ________ of hunger fifteen years ago.
. If only I ________ how to operate an electronic computer as you do.