— You should have told her about the meaning of the gesture.— I meant ______, but I had some unexpected guests. 

 To ______ the other players, the athlete ________ a lot of difficulties in his training.

Some students were late for class because they had been _________ by the heavy storm.

It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ____ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.

____, sometimes I am very clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture.