---I acquired ______ Van Gogh from a businessman from Paris the other day.---Really? Are you sure it’s ______ real one?
—Have you nearly finished? —____, we have just begun.
—Hold the ladder for me! —That’s_________.
The president stood by a window inside the room, ____, looking over the square.
As time went by, the plan stuck ____ fairly practical.
It was believed that things would get worse, but ____ it is they are getting better.