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

She is very nice, but because she has a（）way of speaking, she is slow in making friends

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

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.

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

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