The engines of the ship were out of order and the bad weather____ the helplessness of the crew at sea.

There are many inconveniences (不方便) that have to be ____ when you are camping.

Effective measures should be taken to ______ the rare species _______ being over-killed by human beings.

If we had not been ______ by the traffic jam, we would have arrived an hour earlier. 

His aunt’s letters ________ him of those beautiful days when they used to live together in his hometown.