Fill in the gaps with the appropriate particle.
On my last day at school, Gerald asked me to marry him. As you can imagine, I felt tremendously flattered. But I turned him _____ (9). I told him I was just too young to settle _____ (10). I needed more time to think things ______ (11). For the next few months we played a sort of game. He kept _______ (12) proposing and I kept _____ (13) saying “no”.
But then one night – it was May 10th – everything changed. I told my father I was going to a poetry reading in the local Town Hall. In fact, I slipped ____ (14) of the side door and went to the cinema with Gerald. When the film was over, we caught the last bus home but – along the way – the bus broke _____ (15) and all the passengers had to get ______ (16) and walk.
It was now two o’clock in the morning. I took _____ (17) my key and let myself ______ (18) as quietly as I could. My father was waiting for me in the hall. He normally went to bed at about eleven but – that night – he’d decided to stay_____ (19) until I come _____ (20).