An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

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

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

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

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

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

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