The stranger shook me by the hand warmly ___ he were to say he knew me well.
What a table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is ________ it is long.
Along with the letter was his promise he would visit me this coming Christmas.
_____ the day went on, the weather got worse.
________ greatly by what he had heard and seen,he made up his mind to stand on his own feet.
—What has made him upset recently? —________ alone to face the troublesome case.