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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

She is very nice, but because she has a（）way of speaking, she is slow in making friends

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.