Unfortunately, women were not admitted to university in the past, ______, nowadays, they have got equal rights

It is a tradition for the Chinese to ______ about the bush, which sometimes makes foreigners puzzle or misunderstand what you are saying.

The girl looked at me with a _____expression. Maybe the problem was quite _____. [ ]

_____ you have made a promise, you should carry it out.[ ]

been puzzled over the problem for over an hourwithout any result, ____ all at once the solution flashed across my mind.