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

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

（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

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

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

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

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