It is nice to hear from a close friend. ______, we last met more than thirty years ago.
—He should have been punished for the serious mistake. — ________, but he escaped it.
—Is your neighbor Mr. King a man with good manners? —Actually, he is ________ but polite. And nobody likes to talk to him.
My mother asked me to repeat ________ phone number ________ second time so that she could write it down.
It never occurred to meyou could succeed in persuading him to change his mind.
The momentJohn will never forget isMr. Smith gave him a lot of valuable advice on how to improve his writing.