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- ____ in Jiangxi Province the next morning _____ we found many places flooded by the thunderstorm.
- ___ had they reached the
- He had hardly reached home _______ an unexpected guest came to visit him.
- I had hardly got to the office ______ my wife phoned me to go back home at once.
- It’s getting dark, but Mr. Johnson is still at his office. —No surprise. Who else can ______ he does?
- Peter could hardly see the words on the blackboard, ________?
- We can hardly believe his excuse for his late show _______ his car broke down halfway.
- You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had________ her children.
- You can hardly imagine what great difficulty we had _________ the task.
- Sometimes we can hardly understand foreigners because they speak too _______.