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

Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.