—Shall we attend the concert this evening?—Great idea, _______ we can do some shopping first.
How can they learn anything ______ they spend all their spare time watching television?
The rain had cleared the air, and the grass ______ fresh and sweet.
Be careful to move the equipment --- ______ it gently.
As the Spring Festival is drawing ______, people are getting busier and busier.
That fellow hung around for hours and, ______ was worse, kept me from doing my work.