It took what seemed to be years _____ the actress finally turned up, which made the journalists as well as the audience disappointed and angry.

.Don’t be afraid of new words. You can in the dictionary.

I have got an“A”in my English test. —______

It’s not surprising that MrJohnson suddenly fell ill dying________ he is already at the age of eighty.[ ]

下边句子中加横线的熟语，能够替换为括号中成语的一项是（ ）