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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

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

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

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.

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

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