The soot on the lampshade (a)   the light.

It was the grimy (a)   of a mining town.

The community felt a (a)   sense of loss.

We had to shout to be heard over the (a)   .

All he wrote was a (a)   summmary.

She lay on the floor, (a)   in pain.

The bad weather had continued without (a)   .

He had the boil on his arm (a)   off.