Every ________ had been made in order to save the boy with the H5N1 bird flu, but all in vain. He died at last.

Do you have any ________on forbidding drunk driving ?

Mary is fond of the dress in the store, but it is too expensive, so she won’t take it without a _____.

We walked a couple of blocks, looking in _______ for a taxi. How disappointed we were!

In order to look after her sick daughter, the old lady asked for a week’s ________.