The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

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

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

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

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