TASK DEFINITION: You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
PROBLEM: She didn't mind the music or the talking, but the _ had gotten a bit quieter.

SOLUTION: talking

PROBLEM: Alice bought a skirt and pants to wear for her costume, but she thought that the _ would help her look like she lived in the 60s.

SOLUTION: skirt

PROBLEM: The washing machine finished early, so we were able to leave the house on time and go to the party with at the _ of friends.

SOLUTION:
house