—Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.—Sorry, sir, but I was_____ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
His parents ________him to give up the plan for the outing this weekend because of the bad weather but he just wouldn't listen.
On no account ________to our plan for the trip.
Though they met for the first time,they talked ________they had been good friends.
The incident ________ a chain of events which resulted in the outbreak of World War I.
That weekend ________up for all the disappointments I'd had.