—Can I ask you a few straightforward questions about yourself? —No problem.I like ______ when people are open and direct.
It was because it rained last night ___ he didn’t come.
“Did you scold him for his mistakes? ” “Yes, but ___ it.”
In the busiest season the peasants were seen ___ their tractors ___from morning till night.
Only when I was told the news ___ that he himself was the great hero.
It looks like ___.