Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
By __________ the construction on the highway and taking an alternate route, Marge managed to get to the restaurant before all her friends.
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
They only had a __________ amount of food prepared for the party, and it was gone within minutes after the first hungry guests arrived, creating a __________ of snacks later in the evening.