My cousin is really enthusiastic about playing basketball. ______ he shoots a ball, he likes to think of himself as a Kobe Bryant.
As time went by, the plan stuck ____ fairly practical.
It was believed that things would get worse, but ____ it is they are getting better.
The students spent as much time getting trained as they ____ studying.
——Did your sister pass the exam? ——She failed and is in low spirits. ——I’m sorry for her. ——____.
That she hadn’t kept her ____ on her work resulted in the failure.