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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

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

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

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

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.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）