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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to（）your voice.

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.

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

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