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

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

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

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

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

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

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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.