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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

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

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.