The reply, when it finally came, was ________ the negative.
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inthenegative：否定的，否决。
These two alarm clocks are normally set together, but now they have been reset a few hours _________.
Ifpaymentisnotreceived,legalactionwillbeouronly________.
The thief took away the woman ’s wallet without ________.
A linguistic theory is constructed about what ______ is and how it works.