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

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

He will behave(crazy)（）if he drinks too much.

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

The student's first attempt at writing a play was a far（）from the work of Shakespeare.

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

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