| 1 | The matador had a narrow escape. | |
| 2 | The car missed the child, but it was a very close call. | |
| 3 | He escaped from the World Trade Center before it collapsed. | |
| 4 | One woman, in Peru, was saved from an earthquake by lying between two mattresses. | |
| 5 | Unfortunately, the so-called "stone" died which is Aeschylus and the tortoise lived. |