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

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

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

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

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

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.

The aircraft vanished without（）

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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