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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to（）your voice.

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

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