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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.