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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.

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

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

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