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She's been a member of the site for years, but she's no longer an active ___.
user
handler
customer
operator
Films add an element of fright to their storylines by showing robots with scarily powerful ___ intelligence.
synthetic
artificial
fake
plastic
If you want to make it in the field of technology, study hard and stay ahead of the ___.
curve
twist
circle
spin
Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it took less than a year for Germany to be ___.
merged
unified
combined
joined
The tendency is to respond to anger with anger, but in these situations, it pays to keep a cool ___.
head
brain
mind
top
Most people are ___ to believe that girls and boys like certain toys when they are young.
hardened
conditioned
acclimated
accustomed
Don't ___ him on to join a gang: nothing could be worse for him!
knife
egg
toast
butter
Until emergency crews stabilised the reactor, the country was on the ___ of disaster.
edge
brink
side
precipice
I'm not surprised that your brother is angry; you spent half an hour ___ him up about an issue he cares about deeply.
turning
winding
spinning
twirling
You're still using a Windows 7 operating system? You're so ___ the times!
out
behind
off
under
If you were to appoint Jean to the head of the committee, she would be on ___ nine.
heaven
fog
cloud
sky
The magazine's issues have been placed in an electronic archive, so you'll have decades of material ___ your fingertips.
round
within
under
at
Scientists think travelling to Mars will be within ___ in 25 years.
hold
reach
handle
grasp
Your remote control isn't working because it isn't connecting with the ___ on the TV properly.
radar
antenna
beam
sensor
The neighbours were once close friends, but after one moved, they ___ apart.
floated
strayed
drifted
wandered
The secret was causing Amy much stress and she had to get it off her ___.
chest
body
shoulders
face
