___ for the fact that you were lazy, you could have finished the assignment by now.

____his surprise, the soup he likes is not__his taste at all this time.

I suppose it takes quite a lot of patience tomake a good teacher — _______It’s far more than that

This kind of bag is nice ， but it only ____ me ten yuan.

I can’t get through to the generalmanager’s office anyhow.—— The line is busy. Someone _____ thetelephone.