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  • She really _________ and sweated to get to the top of her profession.
    ranked
    despised
    jaded
    hustled
  • There is no need to ___________ just because I asked you how much you earn.
    jump in my neck
    jump down my throat
    jump down my neck
    jump in my throat
  • MUSICAL IDIOM: to pull out all the stops.
    to show off
    sell cheaply
    to state the opposite
    to do everything you can to make something successful
  • This word is a synonym for shabby, in bad conditions.
    hustled
    stew
    tatty
    jaded
  • The new style of shoes _________ the 1970s ; color-soled styles which lace up the leg.
    thrives back to
    tags back to
    harks back to
    excels
  • My reading skills have improved __________ since I started reading books every night.
    in jumps and leaps
    in leaps and jumps
    by jumps and bounds
    by leaps and bounds
  • To go somewhere with someone is to ___________.
    hark together
    get along
    get together
    tag along
  • Having to live in the Artic has been an ___________ challenge for me.
    unprecedented
    inprecedent
    unprecedent
    inprecedented
  • The singer arrived at the airport looking _______ after almost a year of touring.
    jaded
    lousy
    savage
    churn
  • Give me a synonym for awful / terrible / horrible.
    woeful / appalling / dreadful
  • An actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill is.
    the overstudy
    the screenwriter
    the understudy
    the stage replacement
  • Don't touch my notebook. My personal stuff is totally ____________!
    out of limits
    out of bounds
    by leaps and bounds
    of limits
  • To be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult.
    thrive on
    hark on
    tag along
    counteract
  • This course will enable you to _____ a thorough grounding in the basics of mechanics.
    gain
    earn
    get
    achieve
  • The final step before the first night of a theatre performance is the _______.
    dress rehearsal
    cue training
    ovation
    curtain call
  • Despite the struggle with her costume, she managed to enter the stage ______.
    in cue
    on cue
    off cue
    at cue
  • His ambition ____________________.
    hasn't got jumps
    knows no limits
    knows no bounds
    has no leaps
  • Someone who writes plays , a dramatist, is a __________.
    playauthor
    playwriter
    playwright
    screenwriter