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

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

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

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.

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

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

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