I asked the boss for a month’s holiday and, _____ it or not, he agreed.

Have you seen ____ pencil I left it herethis morning．—Is it _____black one I think I saw itsomewhere．

What’s her phone number— 0854–8281369

＿＿＿shortly after it stopped raining.

________to our surprise, he went over all his notes in such a short time, ________for the next day’s examination.