Before the war broke out, many people ____  possessions they could not take with them.

I＿＿ my father into giving up smoking but he didn’t listen to me.

 I spoke to him kindly  ________  him .

 Learn some useful skills, or, I’m afraid, you would ______ nothing in society. 

"Goodbye, then,"she said, without even ________ from her book.