—You didn’t wait for Mr. Smith last night, did you?—No, but we ______. He didn’t return home at all.
No matter how frustrated she was in her heart, she would _______ others with a smile as usual; she didn’t want to let them know.
Jane Austen does not tell us that one character is bad and another is good. Instead, she manages to ______ what she thinks by saying nearly the opposite of what she means.
When we were at school, we made a _________ to work together in the future, but he broke his promise later.
The case will go back to the judge if both sides refusing to give in can’t reach a(n) __________.
It was a pity that the great writer died ________his works unfinished.