－Are you firmly against Japan’s decision to purchase the Diaoyu Islands?－Of course. That is _______ our basic interest lies.

---Tell me something about your adventure in the rainforest, please.---We lost our way in the forest and ___ made matters worse was ___ night began to fall.

_____ the flight to New York will be delayed is ____ I'm especially worried about.

 —I'll ask the teacher about the attributive clause. I'm very puzzled about it.—That's just ________ most of our classmates have doubt.

Mary is no longer__________ she was 5 years ago