After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

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

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

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

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）