Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

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 aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

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