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

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

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

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

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

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

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

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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