Dinner will be ready _____. Let’s go and wash our hands.

—Shall we invite Tim? —No， it’s too late to invite any more people. _____， he hates parties， you know.

No one should blind himself （ ） the well-known fact.

It is four years since John （ ） school.

When I heard that my mother would come to see me this weekend, I （ ） for her to arrive.

I don’t know whether he is still （ ） in collecting coins. He used to be, but that was several years ago.

I cannot tell the_____difference between the twins.

I _____ him last night, but I was too busy.

We don’t need air conditioning, （ ）.

A news report is usually very short, （ ） when it is about something very important.

_____ forget the days when we lived in the countryside.

We want the committee to （ ） the details of the plan.