_______ I accept the gift or refuse it is none of your business.

The income of skilled workers went up. ________, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

It’s said that an American often starts a speech with a joke, _______ a Japanese seldom does.

_____ you have finished your report, you can have it _____.

The medicine works more effectively _______ you drink some hot water after taking it.

As parents, we should try to understand _______ our children’s real interests lie instead of blaming them for bad marks．

He is quite strange, for everything he does is opposite to ______ is considered normal behavior.

____________ the weather has improved, the game will be held as planned.

________________ I wrote a poem, I felt confident and placed it right on my father’s plate before dinner.

— Let's give up. It's too late. I don't think any bus will come.
— I don't care. I'll get there ________ I have to walk all the way.