Poorer families often lack ______ to a car, which they need to drive their children to a more successful school outside their own district.

He created a lot of vivid characters in his best-selling novels, thus winning the ______ of book-lovers all over the world. 

 People often want their life to go perfectly, but accept the         that nothing on the earth is flawless.

 Giving up smoking is a slow and painful _______ for him.

 --- What would you like, sir? --- ______.