Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no _________ to speed up deliveries.

The 12 million people in Mexico City woke up on September 19th, 1985, to find their city ______ after the terrible quake.

When we saw his face, we knew _____ was bad.

I have offered to paint the house in exchange for a week’s ____________. 

The manager always put ____ of his workers before__________.