The party's rank and ____ are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers

'to not allow something bad to affect your behaviour or upset you': He rose _____ the criticism he received after his performance in the last match and returned to try his best in training again.

She takes pride in stating her political [convince].

The child's parents or [guard] must give their consent before she has the operation.

The tabloid feature bizarre and [speculate] theories

The journalist asked the politician a very loaded ____?

He admits, [guard], that he does enjoy writing

He was accused of being involved in shady financial [deal].

'to please someone, esp. by praising that person in order to get him or her to agree to something': A company wishing to influence the government must butter ___ both parties in the House and the Senate.

After he lost his job, he spent weeks moping ____ his house all day.

His father was able to pull some ____ to get him a good job with the company.

The French were completely [play] by the Russian team

Several rioters were [force] removed from the town square.