The young couple couldn’t afford a new house. ____, they wouldn’t have bought an old one.

I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be ________ occupied.

Everyone was on time for the meeting—_________ Chris,who’s usually ten minutes late for everything.

— Guess what? One bullet struck my car,          missing me yesterday! — Lucky you ! Come back to our motherland as soon as possible!

His report was so exciting that it was      interrupted by applause（掌声）.