I was grateful to Anna for being open and giving me the opportunity to explain and ______ the misunderstanding between us.
He must have known the truth yesterday, _________?
To our great surprise, we got _____ people to attend the conference as we expected.
_____ all our efforts to save the school, the authorities decided to close it.
----You forgot your purse when you went out.------Good heavens, _________
_____ to make a speech, he said he would be glad to.