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

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

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）