.--- I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired..
--- There is no ________ for this while you are on duty.

Mary is a good girl, but she has some___________. For example, she doesn’t like helping others.

If you stand here, you'll get a better          of the river.

—Did you see the new movie directed by that famous director? It’s said to be ___ great fun.
---No, I have been busy repairing all the broken office___ these days.

What a(n) ______ it is that they were born in the same year and on the same day!

There existed an obvious________ between the accounts of the witnesses, so a judgment was not announced in court.

——They say that my new car is a ____________ of money.
——Don’t you think those words are just sour grapes?

-Plain living and working are the fine    of the Chinese people.

-What a pity! He got nothing in ______ for his hard work..

-On hearing the sound, the birds flew away in every    .