instruction:
You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
question:
she said she hadn't time to get sick watching to see that i didn't fall overboard she said she never saw the beat of me for prowling about but if it kept her from being seasick it's a mercy i did prowl isn't it and i wanted to see everything that was to be seen on that boat ____ i didn't know whether i'd ever have another opportunity
answer:
because


question:
the baroness returned to the hotel with as much caution as eugenie ____ in leaving it she ran lightly up stairs and with an aching heart entered her apartment contiguous as we know to that of eugenie she was fearful of exciting any remark
answer:
used


question:
was so ludicrously afraid matthew however was spared the ordeal of speaking first for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up ____ with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby old fashioned carpet bag the other she held out to him
answer:

grasping