It takes ______ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weaknesses or ignorance.

The two parties held the talk in a friendly ________ and reached an agreement.

I wouldn’t think it         him to join the club — he’ll only refuse.

 The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ________ their discussion.

 Nobody can imagine what difficulty we had _____ home in the snowstorm.