Paul is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; _____, I can’t speak too highly of him.

Reducing the gap between the rich and the poor is one of the main ___________meeting the government.

I paid him ￡50 for the painting, but its true ______ must be at least ￡500. 

In fact, smokers know that smoking has a bad ________on their health, but they just can’t stop it.

John worked hard at his lessons and gained ________to a famous university last year.