Lily， ____ of the ______speech, started to read a novel.

 Can we do our work better with ______ money and ______ people?

 I tried hard to get some information about the new technology from him, but he remained ______.

She doubted whether he would be ______ to the task, so he was not admitted.

 No more of this fancy playing with words---I want some ______ talk here.