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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.

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

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

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

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

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