Boys and girls, matters _________ your study surely need to be dealt with carefully.

_________ that he had fallen behind,he tried to work harder.

I was almost _______ to death at the sight of the ________ scene.

—How did you mange to escape from the big fire last Wednesday?—The couple _______ next door woke me up and we called the firefighters.

It’s cold in here. We must have the fire　　　　day and night.