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.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

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