to not think of something when judging a situation - We failed to ___________ the rainy weather and had to postpone the football game.

to stop using or doing something - Smartphones have made it possible to ______________ the use of fax machines.

to be useful to someone in the future - This experience will ___________ when you go to college.

to affect something or someone in a bad way - Smoking has a _________ on your health.

to not be useful for anything - Nobody ever uses the college coffee machine. It really ____________ no useful purpose.

be as capable as others in a situation - Jill can _________ in any conversation on science.

achieve everything one´s capable of - If James __________, he could become a professional actor.

make people richer - New firms in the area are helping to _________.

to lose contact with or forget about where you came from - Pierre has lived abroad for so long that he is starting to lose _________ with his roots.

to not have many opportunities - Young people who don´t study will have limited ___________.

to be the reason or explanation for something - The recession _______ the slow growth in the economy.

to start doing something with energy - He told us what page to read and so we could ________ reading the story.

reaching an acceptable standard - Your last essay wasn’t ___________. You only got 40%.