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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.