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

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

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

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

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

The aircraft vanished without（）

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.