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 aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

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

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

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.

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