Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

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

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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