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.

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

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.

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

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

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.