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English 14 Public

vocab. Sentence transformation

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Now the company is managed by one of its main competitors. TAKEN

The company has been taken over by one of its main competitors.

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Her father thinks she should stop smoking. APPROVE

Her father doesn't approve of her smoking.

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Employees mustn't make personal phone calls from the office. ACCOUNT

On no account must employees make personal phone calls from the office.

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Thanks to graduating from linguistic studies, he was offered a job in a newspaper. LED

Graduating from linguistic studies led to his being offered a job in a newspaper.

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He had never imagined he might be falling in love with her. OCCURED

It had never occurred to him that he might be falling in love with her.

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a young child who has very great ability in something

child prodigy / whizzkid (inf.)

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someone who is very good at a particular activity

dab hand

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natural ability to do something well

flair

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The play is about the m.................. (ordinary, not interesting) existence of factory workers.

mundane

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He married a v................ (attractivelly energetic and enthusiastic) girl called Sarah who he met at university.

vivacious

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Piles of books and papers c............... (covered making it look untidy) his desk.

cluttered

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Lucky for him, his alibi is w........... (made very carefully so that people cannot find any mistakes in it).

watertight

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The article gives us a real i.......... (deep and clear understanding) into the causes of the present economic crisis.

insight

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My head's a little f............... (= I cannot think clearly) this morning after all that wine last night.

fuzzy

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