It's said that an American starts a speech with a joke,________a Japanese seldom.
The old couple don’t know what to do with their son, who drinks _______every day.
--- I’m not good at singing, you know. --- _______. It’s just for fun.
--- Where did Mary’s parents buy the beautiful souvenir? --- It was in the same village_______they spent their holidays last year.
_______by the beauty of the piano music, the audience almost forgot to applaud when the pianist finally finished it.
John’s ability to learn from observations and experience_______ greatly to his success in public life.