You can't just suddenly decide to go on a safari. You need to plan things very carefully. (SPUR) Going on a safari isn't a decision you can make _____ moment. You need to plan things very carefully.
Going on a safari isn't a decision you can make ON THE SPUR OF THE moment. You need to plan things very carefully.
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Watch the new secretary carefully this week to make sure she doesn't make any big mistakes. (EYE) Keep ______ secretary this week to make sure she doesn't make any big mistakes.
Keep AN EYE ON THE secretary this week to make sure she doesn't make any big mistakes.
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Oh, there you are! I didn't even know you had gone out! (UNAWARE) I ______ fact that you had gone out.
I WAS UNAWARE OF THE fact that you had gone out.
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If they ever discover your role in the incident, you will go to prison. (LIGHT) If your role in the incident _____, you'll go to prison.
If your role in the incident EVER COMES TO LIGHT, you'll go to prison.
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Electricity is getting very expensive these days. (COST) The _____ higher and higher these days.
The COST OF ELECTRICITY IS GETTING higher and higher these days.
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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trap
No points!
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fairy
Take points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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thief
Give points!
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That child is twice as tall as he was two years ago. (DOUBLED) That child's _____ in the past two years.
That child's HEIGHT HAS DOUBLED in the past two years.
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There were very few people who understood what the professor said in the meeting. (VIRTUALLY) There _____ who understood what the professor said in the meeting.
There was VIRTUALLY NO ONE / VIRTUALLY NOBODY who understood what the professor said in the meeting.
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As soon as I arrived at the pub, a fight started. (SOONER) No ______ a fight broke out in the pub.
No sooner HAD I ARRIVED THAN a fight broke out in the pub.
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You shouldn't be surprised at Kevin winning that tournament. (COME) It ______ that Kevin won that tournament.
It SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE that Kevin won that tournament.
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thief
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seesaw
Swap points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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lifesaver
Give 5 points!
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Whatever happens, don't let anyone into the building without proper identity. (CIRCUMSTANCES) ______ should you let anyone into the building without proper identity.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you let anyone into the building without proper identity.
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Mr. Edwards was sacked partly because of his arriving late to work. (CONTRIBUTED) Mr. Edwards' constant lateness _____ from the company.
Mr. Edwards' constant lateness CONTRIBUTED TO HIS SACKING / CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DISMISSAL / CONTRIBUTED TO HIS FIRING from the company.
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Harry plays tennis much better than I do. (NEARLY) I am not ______ tennis player as Harry is.
I am not NEARLY AS GOOD A tennis player as Harry is.
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The bank robbers had disappeared completely by the time the police arrived. (SIGN) There _____ robbers when the police arrived.
There WAS NO SIGN OF THE robbers when the police arrived.