________ nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay at a hotel.
Mary never does any reading in the evening, __________.
I bought a vase of the Ming dynasty at such a low price at the Sunday market. It was really a nice __________.
He is wearing sunglasses to __________ his eyes from the strong sunlight.
It rained hard yesterday, __________ stopped me from going to work.
— Go for a picnic this weekend, OK? — __________. I love getting close to nature.