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.

Input: Consider Input: they seem contented enough but then i suppose they're used to it a body can get used to anything even to being hanged as the irishman ____ with this missus rachel stepped out of the lane into the backyard of green gables very green and neat and precise was that yard

Output: said

Input: Consider Input: maybe they were out of boys of the brand you wanted he walked jauntily away being hungry and the unfortunate matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den walk up to a girl a strange girl ____ orphan girl

Output: an

Input: Consider Input: so matthew and i have talked it over off and on ever since we thought we'd get a boy matthew is getting up in years you know he's sixty and he isn't so spry ____ he once was his heart troubles him a good deal and you know how desperate hard it's got to be to get hired help
Output: as