—Tom,did you break the vase I bought yesterday?
—It was not my 　　　.The floor was so slippery that I fell down and knocked it off the table.

She always loses her way when she is out by herself because she has no 　　　 of direction.

There is a peaceful and calm ________in the country, quite different from that of a big city.

The ______ of blood made the girl feel sick and she began to cry.

At the press conference, a government spokesman expressed his great ____________ for the safety of the three trapped workers.

After a 5-minute discussion, we came up with a better ____ to the math problem.

Don’t blame yourself too much. Everyone has his ______ and weaknesses.

---What did our teacher do?
---He raised his arm as a(n)        for us to stop.

After reading her writing, every teacher came to the _______ that she was a very careful and promising girl..

It is the        in China that people often shake hands when they meet someone for the first time.