—Can you lend me some money?—I’m short of money myself, but _____, I’ll give you some . 

“I think the tie beautiful,” I said, “A man can never have ______ many ties.”

Nowadays the roles of husband and wife are not as   defined as before, especially when both partners work and earn money for the family.

China needs to strike a balance between maintaining a ______ fast and stable development and economic structural adjustment. 

 Though they are very busy every day, they manage to get tighter_______.