Clemente continued to improve. He had suffered for years from pain caused by an automobile accident.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

In other words, this was not meant to be a record to be left for the future. It was an accident.

换句话说,这些并不是刻意为将来,留下的记录,只是个意外而已

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They might be,for example,in an accident, and come close to being killed,but walk away without a scratch.

比如说在事故中幸存，差点送命，但结果毫发无伤。

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Following that accident, a Moscow businessman,Andrei Hartley, refused to move for a black BMW carrying an aide to President Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Bob Thompson says the free clinic was the only way he could get help for his teeth, which were damaged in an accident.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13