PHRASAL VERBS: COME _______ (To regain consciousness) - I was sitting on the train this morning when I _________ _______ all hot and sweaty. I'd fainted.
CAME ROUND
WORD FORMATION: PERFORM - He was an experienced player who was always seeking to improve his ______________.
PERFORMANCE
WORD FORMATION: PAIN - He doesn't like to talk about the past. He has many ........ memories.
PAINFUL
COLLOCATION: MAKE __________ (to say officially that you would like to buy something) - I've made _________ on a house in Pine Banks.
MADE AN OFFER
COLLOCATION: to ........ A RECORD - The runner ........ the last world record, finishing in 22.6 seconds.
BROKE
PHRASAL VERBS: CRACK _______ (to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way) - Nowadays the library ____________ __________ on people who lose their books.
IS CRACKING DOWN
PHRASAL VERBS: LIVE ______ (to make people forget that you made a big mistake) - I was so embarrassed, I will never LIVE it _______.
LIVE it DOWN
WORD FORMATION: HELP - (Being unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else) - I was overwhelmed by a feeling of __________ as I was taken into the operating theatre.
HELPLESSNESS
COLLOCATION: to ........ A MESSAGE - As Mr Martin wasn't in, I _________ a message for him to call me.
LEFT
WORD FORMATION: CONDITION - dry hair needs to be well- ____________
CONDITIONED
COLLOCATION: to _______ A JOKE/TRICK ON SOMEONE. - Fate ________ a cruel trick on him when he was injured in his first game.
PLAYED
WORD FORMATION: ATTRACT - He was short and overweight and generally ________.
UNATTRACTIVE
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