The fact _______ she had not said anythingsurprised all of us.

at the differences between her culture and theirs, Annie wanted to return home.

Sorry, Madam. You’d better come tomorrow because it’s ________ the visiting hours.

.“______ twenty dollars a big sum toher” “I suppose so.”

The president of the city’s largest lawyers’ group said the Occupy Central(占领中环) action was without _______ grounds and the notion( 观念) of “peaceful violence” was just “beautiful rhetoric”(花言巧语).