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

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）