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to phone someone - Let´s ___________ to see if he will pick us up with the car.
call Dad in
call Dad up
call to Dad
call Dad on
death - On his __________, the land will go to his son.
morgue
dying
decease
demise
causing death - Police are investigating a _________ accident in the town centre.
life-threatening
feeble
terminal
fatal
to be able to obtain something - I read anything I could _____________.
catch onto
grab onto
hold onto
get my hands on
an opinion formed too quickly to - You should avoid making __________ and get to know her first.
hasty judgments
quick conclusions
hurried opinions
rapid assumptions
to set a date or time by which something must be done - If he’s working too slowly, you need to _____________.
impead a deadline
implant a deadline
instigate a deadline
impose a deadline
Not pleasant or friendly to be around - We visited some of the world’s most ________ deserts.
indispicable
unhospitable
inhospitable
inhabitable
to make someone wait for you - The boss is ready to see you – don’t __________!
keep her waiting
make her late
let her wait
have her waiting
Saying sorry for someone´s bad luck especially when someone has died - Please ___________ to your sister on her loss.
hand my sorrows
offer my condolences
share my saddness
give my congratulations
in a place where few people go - Her cottage is a long way _____________.
from somewhere
off the beaten track
to nowhere
far from civilization
Doing something suddenly, without planning it - On the ___________ we decided to visit James.
tip of the moment
spur of the moment
edge of the moment
wing of the moment
something that is easy and without problems - I had revised for weeks, so the test was _________.
plain sailing
usual cruising
pure easy
pretty fine
to leave someone waiting on the phone - His line’s busy at the moment – I’ll _____________.
stand you on standby
put you on hold
place you on wait
get you on waiting
an area of completely wild land that is far away from where people live - We walked through the _________ of northern Scotland.
remote wilderness
outback
wild place
far vecinity
a walk that people pay you to do in order to raise money for charity - I owe Saskia $10 for that ________ walk she did.
lucrative
sponsored
funded
charitable
the lowest amount of money that you can buy a particular thing for - These apartments have ________ price of £500,000.
a beginner
an ending
starting
a smallest
