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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

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