Consumers tend to have a lot of ____ in designer brands, despite the higher cost.
faith
disbelief
judgement
investment
All the rubbish is dumped in a _______ site.
wasteful
landful
disposable
landfill
He resigned himself ______ living alone.
in
with
for
to
Nowadays, many people cannot _____ of a life without a smartphone.
receive
misconceive
conceive
deceive
the better the quality/ common belief/ the more you pay/ that/ there is a
There is a common belief that the more you pay the better th
Although it ______ that the resources needed to make smartphones will go on forever, the evidence ____ this.
is assumed/ contradicts
could be assumed/ misunderestimates
has been assumed/ suggests
was assumed/ hasn't defined
It is proving difficult for environmentalists to ___ people to buy fewer goods.
consider
acknowledge
convince
threaten
When employees are dissatisfied with their working conditions, they often ____ the situation, and do nothing about it.
leave themself to
accept themself to
convince themself to
resign themself to
Some experts have _______ acknowledged that recycling isn't s effective as reducing waste.
formerly
formally
eventually
clearly
There is an ______ that being eco-friendly is the best type of lifestyle.
underlying assumption
underwhelming consumption
underlined assumption
undying presumption
It is easy to _____ judgement on other people's spending habits.
give
pass
allow
resign
It is interesting to _____ on the kind of new products that will be invented over the next few decades.
speculate
visualise
estimate
conceive
Even Susan _____ that giving her students too much homework is a waste of time.
acknowledges
contradicts
speculates
theorises
Most economists ____ that economic growth is a desirable objective.
conceive
assume
convince
define
There is a ________ that the economy is more important than the environment.
worldwide spread belief
widespreaded belief
widespread belief
widely spread belief
When _____ 'consumerism', dictionaries usually mention that it is used in a negative sense.
specifying
describing
defining
highlighting
Water that is clean and safe to drink is _______
potatoble
portable
potable
potential
There is a ______ that all kinds of tap water are of low quality.
common misconceivement
common misconception
uncommon misconceptualisation
cormorant of misconfusion