Whenever he was asked why he was late for meeting, he would answer carelessly, always_____ the same thing.
All of the flowers now _____ here have developed from those once _____ in the forest.
The joke told by Tom made us _____, so the teacher couldn’t make himself _____.
When he came to, he found himself _____ on a chair, with his hands _____ back.
--- Did you get a dictionary? --- No, I _____, but there were not any _____.
_____, the subject was always in my mind.