Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

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

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

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

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