It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ___to her mother.

 — Stress can be extremely harmful to your health. Exercise, ______, can reduce its bad effects.— I can’t agree more.

I can ______ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.               

 We had our bad times but on the whole we are ____ happy with our life.

We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time; _______ we would have given you a hand.