Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.