A waiter spilled soup over Lydia’s new dress last night.
=> Lydia ________________________________

Rita doesn’t realize how serious her husband’s operation is going to be.
=> Little ________________________________

Immediately after his arrival home a water-heater exploded.
=> Hardly ________________________________

Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
=> Without ________________________________

They failed to find out a solution to the problem.
=> They didn’t succeed ________________________________

He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.
=> He regretted ________________________________

 It takes six hours to drive from here to London.
=> It is ________________________________

We’ve run out of petrol.
=> There ________________________________

That was a silly thing to say!
=> What ________________________________

A man I don’t know told me about that.
=> I was ________________________________