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（）

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

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

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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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.