I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

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

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

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

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

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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

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