As the family did not make a(n) _____ ahead of time, they had to wait at the restaurant in order to get a table.

The manager was absent because of illness； ______，the meeting was put off until tomorrow.

 --- I can’t go for a picnic with you because something urgent has _____. ---What a shame! 

—Do you believe that opportunities always     ________   the prepared minds?—I couldn't agree more.

Boys in early adolescence are not _________ to the cinema because the film is not suitable for them.