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Making decisions for which you accept responsibility - You will not get ________ decision-making if you have a new boss every few months.
reasonable
advisable
accurate
accountable
To be true - Bad diet causes acne, but I don’t think that’s the __________ here.
option
place
scene
case
when educated people leave their country to work where pay is better - Politicians fear a huge ___________ in coming years.
intelligence drop
study loss
brain drain
smarts shortage
used when you don´t want someone to think you don´t like something - Don’t ___________ – I like her, but she can be very annoying.
get me bad
get me wrong
understand me wrong
understand me bad
to feel an emotional connection with a place or a person - I feel special __________ with my old school.
cords
ties
binds
knots
a feeling that you are not safe or protected - The driver’s nervous laughter gave us a feeling of __________.
unsecureness
insecurity
unsureness
securelessness
to feel that you belong to a group and are accepted by them - He doesn’t __________ with the other pupils in his class.
fit in
hang in
mix in
blend in
to communicate ideas to other people - We need more publicity in order to get our ideas ________ to the public.
across
over
passed
transferred
to have a different opinion or way of thinking about something - I think that smacking children is wrong, but my parents have a different ________ on it.
take
thinking
make
turn
difficult communications between people not from the same language - The children found no language ___________ – they started playing together straight away
barrier
wall
block
halt
to think that someone is less important or intelligent than you - I feel that people ________ me because of my accent.
look down on
look over
look into
look up to
to succeed and become rich - He grew up in a poor family so he came to the city hoping to ________.
get good
make well
get well
make good
to change from one situation to another - I found it hard to make the ___________ from student to employee.
transaction
transportation
transition
translation
to combine different things so that they work well together - We’ve __________ several different approaches to provide our customers with the best possible service.
mixed up
brought up
turned up
married up
a place where people of many different countries live together - The area is a __________ of different cultures.
mixing zone
blending point
interchange hub
melting pot
a marriage between people of different races - There aren’t many ________ marriages in my neighbourhood.
blended
paired
changed
mixed
