Could we accomplish the task according to the schedule? — I doubt that. The problem remains ______ we can get financial aid within this week.

My teacher asks me to the poster on the wall.

Start out right away, ______________ you’ll miss the last train.—Don’t worry, but have you seen my ticket?

Has your father come back from Africa?— Yes, but he ______ here for only three days before his company sent him to Japan

I think the story is not so ______ as that one.