He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

She is very nice, but because she has a（）way of speaking, she is slow in making friends

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.