The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

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

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

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

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

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

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