Questão 31

[1]  My neighbors love Christmas, but I don’t. In fact, if I can
be completely honest, I hate Christmas. Maybe it’s because
Christmas was always a little depressing when I was a young
boy. Anyway, my neighbors really love Christmas and every
[5] year they decorate the inside and outside of their house with
big, bright lights. This year, however, they really
exaggerated: their lights are so bright that I can’t sleep at
night! Tomorrow I am going to speak to my neighbors and
ask that the lights __________ reduced or removed.

The word “anyway”, underlined $\in$ the text, was used to __________.