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

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

（）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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

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