was / I / managed / challenging / do / it. / rather / to / The / but / exercise
The exercise was rather challenging but I managed to do it.
Although / I / to / hot, / need / the / still / quite / is / day / go / downtown.
Although the day is quite hot, I still need to go downtown.
tiring / meetings / lately. / quite / been / The / have
The meetings have been quite tiring lately.