в чем заключается особенность употребления выделенных слов?Почему такие слова иногда называют "Губками", "Джокерами". 
Восток - ДЕЛО тонкое. Жизнь - интересная ШТУКА. Человеческое счастье - ВЕЩЬ сложная.

Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы, напечатанные в скобках после номеров 1-29 в нужной форме, и заполните пропуски.

Seeing that it(1)___(get) late, Mike(2)____(accelerate). He (3)____(go) toYorkshire(4)________(find) the house where he (5)___(live) in his childhood. He still (6)___(remember)___(search) the garden for snails (8)____(hide) under wet leaves and (9)___(carry) by his father across the meadows. He (10)___(hope) he(11)____(find) the house, the garden and the meadows (12)___(look) exactly the same as 40 years ago. Before the journey he tired (13)_______________ ___(find) some old photographs but all of them (14)___________________ ___ (seem) (15)___(lose) during one of the many removals he (16)___(be) through in his life. The road sign (17)___(announce) the name of the village and Mike saw the lights of a pub(18)____(glitter) among the trees. He couldn’t help (19)___(notice) that the place (20)____(look) gloomy and (21)____(desert). For a moment he wished he (22)_________(stay) at home. Inside, Mike(23)____(greet)by a huge man from behind the counter, who suggested that he (24)____(take)off this coat. «He can’t (25)___(work) here when I was a child», Mike thought. The man (26)___(rise)and then Mike saw that one of his arms (27)___(apparently/amputate). He felt like (28)____(go) out but when he was about (29)____(turn) round he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder…