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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

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.

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