John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work __________________.he gladly accepted it .

The subway was crowded with passengers going home from market, most of _____ carrying heavy bags and baskets full of fruit and vegetables they had bought there.

Every afternoon a group of old women pass down the road outside my house._______ a load of firewood.

With everything she owned ______ in the fire, the woman had to turn to the local government for relief.

Most companies’ marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention _______ to keeping them.