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

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

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

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

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

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