用所给短语的适当形式填空

come to a conclusion    at the end of    with great care lead to    out of    on the way    make notes of    separate from    start out    at the beginning of

 
I have read your letter of October 26th ________ .
The debate did not ________ until midnight.
What ________ as fun quickly became hard work.
________ the meeting, it was announced that an agreement had been reached.
________ class, the noise of desks being opened and closed could be heard outside the classroom.
The boss of the company had ignored his friend's advice, which ________ the failure of his business.
We went to the show ________ curiosity more than anything else.
He sat ________ everything that was said.
The old man, having worked abroad for twenty years, is ________ back to his motherland.
South America was ________ Africa many years ago.