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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

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