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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

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

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

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

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.

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.