—Why are you so late?—I was in half the way when it______to me that I had left my notebook home，so I had to fetch it.

I ______ myself more-----it was a perfect day.

She _____volleyball regularly for many years when she was young.

 I am_____ to learn that Picasso produced more than 20,000 pieces of art ___ he wasn’t just a painter.

This is the very reason ______ he gave for his coming late to the meeting.