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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

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

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

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