One of the disadvantages in the Grammar-Translation Method is that the texts are taken from _____, the language of which doesn't often meet the practical needs of the learners.

________ you had been here, we wouldn ’ t have had so much trouble then.

Young ________ he was, he managed to make a living on his own.

She sat ________ the table in the restaurant.

He graduated from college ________ his parents divorced.

The manager fulminated against his secretary, ________ surprised me.

He became a successful actor ________ his father never was.

Her mother can ’ t speak English ________ French, but is good at Japanese.

The delegation ________ Russia will visit London this afternoon.

Their plane arrived ________ San Francisco this morning.