The reason _______ he was absent from the meeting is_____ he suffered from a headache.
---- Did you go to the reading-room or the library a moment ago? ------______
---- Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.
---- Have you finished your report yet? ---- No, I'll finish in ______ ten minutes.
---- ______ would you like to have?---- Nothing else. Thanks.
Lincoln ______ slavery. He wanted ______ a new country of freedom .