－Could you please help me ______ when the plane will take off－With pleasure.

Don’t get off the bus __________ it stops.

How was your stay in Hong Kong— And it was a pity that I couldn’t stay there longer.

8It is obvious that she ________, for she looks much slimmer than she did last year

His efforts to persuade him to make a donation were ____ because he showed no intention to take a cent out of his pocket