The professor was ________ to give us a lecture this afternoon, but it has been cancelled because of the delayed flight.

It turned out that she won the first prize in the competition, which was beyond her         .

You needn't have apologized for your absence_______, it' s hardly your fault.

— Tom, are you going swimming with us?— I’d love to, but something important has ______.

 John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck. His words seemed to have had no visible _______ on the man.