Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

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

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

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

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