Starters
The only ....... to me is if other people were successful on the first attempt, how come it had taken me four tries?
mystery
The first ....... was to hold the event in the open air, but that posed many problems.
idea/plan/thought
Dear Sir, I am writing this letter to describe the ....... I've been having with one of your products.
problems/difficulties
And now I come to a very important ....... I want to ask of you.
favor
It's quite normal when you make your first speech in public to suffer from stage ........
fright
It runs into millions and millions of dollars, almost as many as the ....... of sand you can see on this beach.
grains
As soon as the ....... arrive, it will be your job to show them around the workplace and give them a general history of the company.
candidates
There are several ....... that describe the state of being asleep.
expressions
The Government ....... said the Prime Minister was sick and tired of papers disappearing from his office.
spokesperson
The strange ....... is that few people visit Troy.
thing