The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）