My parents _______ have arrived at suppertime but their flight was held up due to the heavy fog.
"Let's _______ the talking," Johnny said, "And get back to work".
One day, when I was walking in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _______ missed landing on my head.
Since Australia is a multicultural and unique society, it is probably hard for Chinese students to _______ it.
While the government says there is a(n) ______ supply of houses, prices of apartments have been going up these years.
But for his help, we wouldn’t have succeeded. So we ______ his timely aid.