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  • Profits from Justin Timberlake’s worldwide tour will probably exceed one billion dollars. ( stands ) Justin Timberlake’s worldwide tour ____________ of one billion dollars.
    stands to make a profit in excess
  • She really _________ and sweated to get to the top of her profession.
    jaded
    hustled
    despised
    ranked
  • A problem has forced the director to cancel this week’s meeting with the scriptwriter. ( supposed ) The director _________ a meeting with the scriptwriter this week but a problem has forced him to cancel it.
    was supposed to have / be having
  • Someone who writes plays , a dramatist, is a __________.
    playwright
    playauthor
    screenwriter
    playwriter
  • The new style of shoes _________ the 1970s ; colour-soled styles which lace up the leg.
    harks back to
    tags back to
    excels
    thrives back to
  • To be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult.
    tag along
    thrive on
    hark on
    counteract
  • a synonym for really bad / awful / terrible / horrible.
    woeful / appalling / dreadful
  • They’re auditioning for the new musical on Monday, so no doubt hundreds of dancers will turn up. ( bound ) Hundreds of dancers ________ the auditions for the new musical on Monday.
    are bound to turn up at/for
  • His ambition ____________________.
    knows no limits
    has no leaps
    hasn't got jumps
    knows no bounds
  • If the star hadn’t caught the flu, there would have been a cast party tomorrow. ( was ) There _________ cast party tomorrow but the star has caught the flu.
    was to have been a
  • An actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill is.
    the stage replacement
    the overstudy
    the understudy
    the screenwriter
  • This course will enable you to _____ a thorough understanding of the basics of mechanics.
    gain
    achieve
    get
    earn
  • Sandra was fully intending to send a photograph with her application form but she forgot. ( had ) Sandra _________ a photograph with her application form but she forgot.
    had every intention of sending / had fully intended to send
  • MUSICAL IDIOM: to pull out all the stops.
    to do everything you can to make something successful
    to show off
    to state the opposite
    to sell cheaply
  • Despite the struggle with her costume, she managed to enter the stage ______.
    off cue
    at cue
    on cue
    in cue
  • Competition is fierce but Tilda Swinton is a firm favourite to win the award for Best Actress. ( set ) Despite ______ win the award for Best Actress.
    the fierce competition Tilda Swinton is/seems/appears set to
  • To go somewhere with someone is to ___________.
    get together
    get along
    hark together
    tag along
  • The final step before the first night of a theatre performance is the _______.
    curtain call
    ovation
    dress rehearsal
    cue training
  • The singer arrived at the airport looking _______ after almost a year of touring.
    jaded
    lousy
    churn
    savage
  • This word is a synonym for shabby, in bad conditions.
    jaded
    hustled
    stew
    tatty
  • My reading skills have improved __________ since I started reading books every night.
    in leaps and jumps
    by leaps and bounds
    in jumps and leaps
    by jumps and bounds
  • Don't touch my notebook. My personal stuff is totally ____________!
    out of bounds
    by leaps and bounds
    off limits
    out of leaps
  • Having to live in the Artic has been an ___________ challenge for me.
    unprecedent
    unprecedented
    inprecedented
    inprecedent
  • There is no need to ___________ just because I asked you how much you earn.
    jump down my neck
    jump in my neck
    jump in my throat
    jump down my throat