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

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（）

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

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

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

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

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