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

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

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

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

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

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

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