I have been trying to advise them not to act that way, but my advice had no _________on them.
Shy as he would be in _______ public, he is getting more confident in making _______ public speech.
Not far from the club, there was a garden, ____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.
---You seemed to have been impressed by his songs.---Well, not exactly so. It was his way of singing____ his voice that really impressed me.
--- ____ at the new school?--- Fine, I've got used to the life there and I've made some friends.
The rescue team ______to help but failed to get there in time.