Being tall gives Yao Ming a(n) _______ over other basketball players. 

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

Mrs. Taylor has an 8-year-old daughter who has a(n) ______ for painting—she has won two national prizes.

The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

The house was sold for $60,000, which was far more than its real ____.