---How is everything going on with you in Europe? ---Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped_____.
_______ that it was already the fourth time that he _______ abroad.
I hate _______ when people talk with their mouths full.
Society _______ a variety of people; some are good, others bad, and still others in between.
The reason _______ he gave at the meeting was not the exact reason _______ he failed to show up on time.
—James, I’ve found a job that _______ me down to the ground.—Really? Congratulations!