After （ ） seemed ages, the newsman disclosed the facts.

（ ） when she started complaining.

Do you mean this is the_____decision you have made after thinking for hours?

He had never given a speech to so many people, so he felt（ ） .

_____ that the earth was flat?

The football player is hoping to（ ）to another team soon．

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

He （ ） me to give up the holidays in Spain next month.

I used to smoke _____ but I gave it up 3 years ago.

Such a skilled tennis player knows how to take_____of his opponent’s (对手) chief weakness.

I was （ ） the point of telling him the truth about his birth when his mother returned home.

They didn’t come to the party， though they （ ） that they would.