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

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

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

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

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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

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

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