Noise is unpleasant, ________ when you are trying to sleep.
Beijing government puts more than 700 million yuan to increase its green space this year; ____________ doubles the money provided last year.
Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferredto record the plain facts of small-town life.
— The scarf is nice, but the price is a little bit high.— _______, but if you want good quality, you have to pay more.
One of the characteristics that make me different from many people is my adaptability—I'm _______ and comfortable in new or unusual situations.
Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, _______ countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow.