The number of the students in our school _____ large.
I don’t become a serious climber until the fifth grade, ______ I went up to rescue a kite that was stuck in the branches of a tree.
The young couple, who returned my lost wallet, left ______ I could ask for their names.
Instead of blaming the child who had broken the vase, she gave him a ______ smile and let him go.
It is a fact that there is a ______ towards regional cooperation.
Teenagers are often treated like ______ bigger children, but they are old enough to be independent.