Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

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

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

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

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

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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.