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

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）