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

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

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

The student's first attempt at writing a play was a far（）from the work of Shakespeare.

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

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