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  • unhappy and hopeless, especially because of a disappointment - Dave was __________ after his divorce and did not leave the house for months. (not depressed)
    deprived
    deceived
    deepcast
    downhearted
  • to make money available for use on your mobile phone - I need to go to the shop and _________ the minutes on my phone.
    top up
    fill up
    tip up
    full up
  • finally, after a series of things have happened - They will _____________ have to find a new apartment.
    endingly
    ultimately
    utterly
    concludingly
  • Immediately - He decided ___________ to stop watching that series.
    at the spot
    on the dot
    at the minute
    then and there
  • to sign up to become an official member of a course, college, or group - Susi wants to _________ in a flight school to get a pilot´s license.
    enlist
    enrol
    ingress
    inscribe
  • unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed - We were ____________ to finish the homework on time.
    struggling
    juggling
    streaming
    stirring
  • good enough - My writing assignment was not ___________.
    to the mark
    up to the mark
    in the mark
    with the mark
  • Joking or saying unkind things to others for fun or to upset them - Don´t ___________ me! I did not have time to do my hair this morning.
    push
    joke
    tease
    bull
  • to start or develop as the result of something - Her health problems ________ from an accident she had when she was younger.
    stream
    start
    stem
    short
  • a lot of something - There is an __________ of shoppers in town on a Friday.
    bundance
    bundence
    abundence
    abundance
  • as soon as you like or can - Please come get the book you ordered at your _________.
    next opportunity
    first possibility
    soonest chance
    earliest convenience
  • loving someone or liking something very much - The girl was completely ________ with the boy!
    stuck
    snowed
    smitten
    smashed
  • try very hard to achieve something - If you really want to be a nurse, I think you should _________.
    reach for it
    attempt for it
    try for it
    go for it
  • to watch carefully for something - Can you keep an ____________ for the postman? I need to give him this letter.
    eye on for
    eye open
    eye over for
    eye in for
  • Oil that has come out of a container - There was an oil __________ and many of the water birds had to be rescued.
    spread
    soil
    spill
    stain
  • Someone in a group with the same age, position, or ability - Experiencing _________ pressure at school is one of the reasons some students do not go on to college.
    group
    peer
    scholastic
    teen
  • was more than a particular number or amount - The amount of people who signed up for the course ____________ what the teacher expected.
    surplussed
    overwhelmed
    upped
    exceeded
  • to buy something - You get a free drink for every two that you __________.
    pay
    purchase
    shop for
    won
  • to notice a difference in quality between two things - I cannot ________ the difference between the twins.
    say
    tell
    get
    make
  • one who starts a business, especially when it involves risks - He was an __________ and started his computer repair business when he was only 18.
    amprendor
    anprender
    ambitioner
    entrepreneur
  • designed to be suitable for a particular purpose, or situation - The course is ___________ towards people who want to study medicine.
    moved
    managed
    geared
    made
  • Experiencing problems - Bill and Tommy are in __________ with their parents.
    trouble
    danger
    hassle
    problem
  • to decide something will not happen or is not suitable - A knee injury will _____________ of playing football for the rest of the season.
    run you out
    rub you out
    ruin you from
    rule you out
  • Ill or sick - You don´t look well. Are you feeling ___________?
    off the well
    under the wind
    off the wagon
    under the weather
  • start to succeed - They found it hard to get the company _____________ at first.
    on to start
    off the ground
    open and well
    operating full
  • a good salary compared to the amount paid for similar jobs - I don´t want to work for a company that does not give a _________ salary.
    competent
    competitive
    complementative
    conventional