The small mountain village was （）by the snow for more than one month.

I long to alleviate __________, but I cannot.

If not _____with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time.

We can hear____from the back of the room.

Theministeroffinanceisbelieved_____ofimposingnewtaxestoraiseextrarevenue.