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

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

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

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

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

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

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

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

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

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