Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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.

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

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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

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

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