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

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat（）

The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

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 （）

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.