—How did the interview go?
—Quiet well. Not so smoothly as I expected,        .

Thinking that the students were having an evening class, the teacher left the classroom, ______.

.You are _______ right. It’s our responsibility to stop all illegal activities.

I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight as I have so much work to do. ____, it is raining really heavily.

---It is said that your grandpa was very brave．
---Not _________．He was  _________than brave．

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The soup was cold, but ______ the meal was excellent.

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The favorite drink is beer , but many people like bars as____for the friendship they find there as for the drink.

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We are ____faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower standard of living.

The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests ________.

________, what he has said _______ to be _______ as we haven’t investigated the site yet.