She smiled to the people around but＿＿＿looked straight ahead, getting hold of her son’s hand. 

The bank refused to give the company more time, and ________, it broke down.

________ we looked at it, the better we liked the oil painting.

Nowadays the roles of husband and wife are not as ______ defined as before, especially when both parents work and earn money for the family.

 ----He thinks that girls are smarter than boys when it comes to learning English. ----But two years ago he thought_______.