The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

The student's first attempt at writing a play was a far（）from the work of Shakespeare.

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat（）

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.