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Use one´s experience, talents, or skills as a resource - Sue has a lot of past experience to _________.
 
draw on
 
drag from
 
deal with
 
derive from
to accept something to be true without question or proof - My parent just ___________ that I will go on to study at university, but I am not so sure.
 
assume
 
effect
 
apply
 
ensue
To allocate, designate or set for a specific purpose - The teacher says that she will _________ seats for us so that the students do not fight for the best ones.
 
assign
 
design
 
resign
 
align
to tell someone that you are sorry - You should _______ to the teacher for missing her class.
 
apologise
 
appologise
 
appologize
 
apologice
to make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you - The bully continued to ________ the other children.
 
antagonize
 
recognize
 
flatter
 
praise
to recognize or admit truth or importance - My friend refused to _________ the fact that I studied harder than her for the exam.
 
acknowledge
 
conceal
 
portray
 
reserve
in my opinion - To my _______, McDonald´s is better than Burger King.
 
mind
 
head
 
brain
 
thought
a small noticeable part of a problem, which is really much bigger - The plastic that can be cleaned from the shore is just the __________.
 
tip of the iceberg
 
top of the hill
 
point of the glacier
 
peak of the mountain
old and not fresh - We could not eat the bread because it was __________.
 
stale
 
steel
 
sour
 
stuffy
needing a lot of time - The legal process was _________ and expensive.
 
time-consuming
 
time-taking
 
time-eating
 
time-stealing
to give someone a written suggestion for doing something - Youth groups are invited to __________ for activities they would like to be funded.
 
submit a proposal
 
admit a file
 
propose a form
 
solicit an application
Communicating by using hands for people who cannot hear - Deaf people communicate with ___________.
 
sign language
 
motion language
 
hand language
 
signal language
learning something from memory, rather than understanding it - Much of what they do in class is little more than _________.
 
rote learning
 
memory learning
 
remember learning
 
note learning
a place where people who have escaped from their own country can live, for a limited time - Huge ____________ have sprung up on the borders.
 
refugee camps
 
rescue camps
 
saving camps
 
salvation camps
to achieve everything you are capable of - She is a gifted violinist, but she may never __________.
 
reach her potential
 
realize her goal
 
achieve her hope
 
gain her proposal
energy that comes from sources such as wind or the sun - The house is heated entirely from _________.
 
natural energy
 
nature energy
 
bio energy
 
ecological energy
mental problems that affect a person’s ability to learn things - Some of the children have specific ________.
 
learning difficulties
 
learning trouble
 
brain handicap
 
memory loss
able to pass a disease from one person, animal or plant to another - This disease is highly _________.
 
infectuous
 
inflamable
 
passable
 
detectable
a state in which your body is protected from disease - The vaccination gives you _________ against the disease for six months.
 
immunity
 
contageous
 
transmissible
 
infection
a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usual - The _________ is set to last for another week.
 
heat wave
 
heat stroke
 
heat exhaustion
 
hot season
when the world becomes warmer because of pollution - __________ is affecting the polar ice caps.
 
global warming
 
globe warming
 
global heat
 
heating globe
a fuel such as coal or oil that is obtained from under the ground - We need to find alternatives to __________.
 
fossil fuels
 
eco fuels
 
bio fuels
 
crude fuels
barriers or methods used to stop an area from flooding - The government plans to build stronger _________ on this area of coastline.
 
flood defenses
 
flood methods
 
flooding safety
 
flooding methods
something that could cause a fire - This old wiring is a __________.
 
fire risk
 
fire safety
 
fire plan
 
fire prevention
intentional and planned - We made a _________ decision to live apart for a while.
 
deliberate
 
hasty
 
hesitant
 
lengthy
A crop to be sold to an area different from where it was grown - Coffee is an important __________ in this region.
 
cash crop
 
money crop
 
lucrative crop
 
commerce crop