–Why didn’t you give a hand to the boy?-- I ______ , but he struggled to his feet before I tried to.
---Tell me something about your adventure in the forest, please.---We lost our way in the forest and ______ matters worse was______ night began to fall.
The theory he had stuck ______ to be true.
He did better in the exam not only than ______ m his own class but also than______in mine.
He began to ______because every means ______ tried already.
It’s said that the old lady died______.