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  • Our team has a good _________ of winning tonight.
    chance
    possibility
  • Shall we ______ jogging or swimming?
    play
    go
  • I'm very tired; I'll just go and _______ down for a few minutes.
    lay
    lie
  • My grandfather gave me a very useful piece of __________.
    advice
    counsel
    advise
  • He asked ne if I would _________ him f5 till Monday.
    lend
    borrow
  • You should always be _______ to little children.
    sympathetic
    kind
  • He made ______ faces and made the children laugh.
    funny
    fun
  • It looks quite small, but _________ It is over 5 meters high.
    nowadays
    now
    actually
  • England and France are separated by the ________.
    channel
    canal
  • Can you switch the television to ________ 4 for the news?
    canal
    channel
  • The police will _________ anyone from leaving the building.
    avoid
    prevent
  • I've ________ done my shopping.
    yet
    already
    just
  • Can I _________ you car to go to the shops?
    lend
    borrow
  • Please can we go home __________?
    actually
    nowadays
    now
  • I haven't seen her _________ this morning.
    just
    yet
    already
  • Neither. Let's ______ tennis.
    play
    go
  • I am getting fed up with her ________ complaints.
    continuous
    continual
  • She's _________ the baby; he doesn't look very well.
    worried about
    afraid of
  • He goes to ________ every day on his bicycle.
    job
    work
  • Von Karajan will ________ the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra at concert.
    conduct
    direct
  • I _________ you to put all your money into a deposit account.
    advise
    counsel
    advice
  • He didn't mean to _______ your little girl.
    damage
    harm
  • You should travel early to ________ the traffic jams.
    avoid
    prevent
  • You can take a boat rip around the _______s of Amsterdam.
    channel
    canal
  • Would you like to _______ me to the cinema tonight?
    follow
    come along with
  • Don't forget to _______ the books to school with you.
    bring
    fetch
  • The cuts in spending will have a serious _______ on the hospital.
    effect
    effective
    affect
  • Come and sit down __________ me.
    besides
    beside
  • The strike will seriously ________ the train service.
    affect
    effective
    effect
  • It took two policemen to ________ the traffic.
    conduct
    direct
  • My father is going to ________ a new carpet in the dining room.
    lie
    lay
  • Make sure the dog doesn't ________ me to the shops.
    follow
    come along with
  • Did Alexander Fleming _________ peniolin?
    invent
    discover
  • Don't _______ my sunglasses if you borrow them.
    damage
    harm
  • I am _________ snakes.
    worried about
    afraid of
  • __________ managing the stop, he also teaches in the evening.
    besides
    beside
  • It's your turn to ______ the children from school.
    bring
    fetch
  • I'm very _______ to her problems.
    sympathetic
    kind
  • There is always the ________ that the plane will be early.
    chance
    possibility
  • She has been in ________ pain for three days.
    continual
    continuous
  • When did she ________ the new computer terminal?
    discover
    invent
  • I didn't have much ______ on my birthday.
    funny
    fun
  • She's got a _________ in the supermarket.
    job
    work
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