No one responded when Tom was speaking, so he paused _______ before continuing to draw our attention.

We are only         glad to do anything we can         her.

—How could you have trusted the online dictionary that much in translating your resume?—Well, I never expected it should translate my resume so ________.

One day, when I was walking in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _______ missed landing on my head.

The weather was bad and the food was terrible , ___the holiday was very disappointing .