She has been working hard day and night during these years（）she could pay for the lost necklace.
She could hardly（）a smile.
（） in the engine room, the motormen could hardly talk each other.
The professor said he could talk on （）interested the audience．
Consider the following argument: Gates does not work hard, because he is rich. Which of the following suppressed premises could be added to this argument to make it valid?
His new laptop worked very well since he installed the new hard drive so he could now chat with his friends.
5. The old lady was so weak she could not hardly climb stairs.
The pilot could hardly find nowhere to land.
It was so noisy outside that the speaker could hardly ________.
______ by the failure of the project, the manager could hardly say a word.
He was speaking so fast ________ we could hardly follow him.
__________by the failure of the project ， the manager could hardly say a word.
Mary was so happy to get her own violin that she could hardly breathe.
The couple could hardly earn enough money to support the family,____the purchase of a
听力原文：W: Good afternoon, Professor Endicott. Sorry to interrupt you, but could you tell me my grade for Monday's test？
The professor found himself constantly________the question:How could anyone do these things？
—What do you think of the professor's speech？—I was listening carefully but I could not _____ everything he said. He spoke too many local idioms（）
Hobbs was an orphan. He worked in-a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn painting pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
I could hardly ________________ the ship in the distance.A.look out
From the participants' response to the videotape, it can be said that they could hardly______.
The professor found himself constantly____the question:How could anyone do these things？
He was speaking so fast__ we could hardly follow him（）
That old man was so decrepit that he could hardly walk（）
Even when rain did come following a drought, water could not______ the soil because it was so dry and hard（）
