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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.

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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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