He made up an excuse for his mistake in order to avoid_________.

Though _____ in Germany, Henry was brought up in Jinhua by his aunt.

________ made her stepmother very angry.

The new couple got ____of the long ______play, and they went out of the theatre.

Much attention should be paid _________people’s living conditions.

I really didn’t know who____ for the broken window, for none of them admitted that he had done it.

_________ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.

The school rule states that no child shall be, unless        _by an adult, allowed out of the school during the day.

______ from the top of the tower, the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees.

—He didn't feel a bit nervous when ________.
—No. He'd had a lot of time ________ for it after all.