1. I couldn't get to work until I tidied my desk.
2. Jennifer always remembers her mother's birthday.
3. The winning care in the race was driven by an Italian.
4. The postman arrived while we were eating breakfast.
5. I was still checking my test when the examiner told me to stop.
6. Allan was very tired that night because he studied hard all day.
7. The boys would play football after school.
8. This is the house where I used to live when I was a boy.
When reading a play it is easier to imagine what's happening on stage if the stage directions there. We can picture how the actors are looking and what they're doing. And if you are acting in the play itself then it gives you information for what your character does next whether its 'exit stage left' or 'enter stage right' for example.
I would say that remedy/recompense is the correct answer. Recompense means to compensate or make amends.
