Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat（）

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

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

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