Задание

Complete the gaps in the sentences with the correct phrases

  1. Well,
    [Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
    , I have never been in love with him.
  2. Excuse me, but
    [Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
    we start our classes at 9.00, not at 9.01.
  3. I am not an expert on birds.
    [Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
    the one we caught is a male, will our professor be happier?
  4. I thought we are done on this, but, if you still have so many questions, we can
    [Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]

.
5. I want to apologize.
[Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
, I had no idea that my child was so careless with your dog.
6. Such a long introduction! Please, remember to write a well-proportioned essay and,
[Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
, I will give you a special instruction on how to do it.
7. Dark matter is an undiscovered phenomenon in physics.
[Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
, each of you can pull their weight into science of dark matter.
8. I am good at solving problems, a crisis-manager,
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.
9. [Supposing|frankly speaking|To be honest|get back to the point|To put it in other words|strictly speaking|so to speak|To begin with|to cut a long story short]
, let me introduce myself.