“Why couldn’t they meet us at five o’clock?” “Because they were delayed by _________.”

He keeps in the safe $3 million _____ of diamonds.   

In a way it was a(n)______ to know exactly what we were up against.

It is said that dogs will keep you______for a8 long as you want when you are feeling lonely。

 The moonlight was bright and about 15 yards up the road there was a deep ___ thrown by a tree.