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

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

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

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

He will behave(crazy)（）if he drinks too much.

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

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

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