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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）