I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

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

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

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

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

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

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

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

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

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.