—Few pupils are as bright as he is, and he works very hard, too.—It is no that he always gets the first place.
She had to lie to the company and ______ a man in order to get a job, ______ rather strange.
The little girl couldn’t ________ the problem. She wasn’t ________ clever.
---Mike must have known that. ---No, he ________. How _______ he?
All the essays _____________, the teacher sent the students home.
---I was trying to carry out the plan, but I failed. ---Well, you _________, for we were uncertain it would do ________.