Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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

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

Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to（）your voice.

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

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

The aircraft vanished without（）