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The boss told the clerk that the trouble ________ by his carelessness was very serious.
Without firemen the villagers around tried many ways ________ the fire.
When you are caught in a storm, don't stand under a tree, or a lightning may ________.
The flood did little ________because people had  made full preparations.
If you don't make efforts，it is quite possible that you will  ________ failure.
People ________ of the dangerous animal didn't dare to come out at night.
He  met  with  an  accident  and  there  were  several ________ on his body.
Mary was  ________ at the scene when she saw what had happened.
The man living downstairs ________ his head under his pillow (枕头 ) because there were young men singing loudly upstairs.
Great changes ________  in my hometown in the past few years.