It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine.      , we’d better take it to the garage immediately.

 Jim went to answer the phone.         , Harry started to prepare lunch.

The demand for _____ skilled workers is still increasing.

It is very ___that the factory will have to close because the economic crisis . 

I spent most of my money in the first week and________ had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.