Success and Failure - collocations

My girlfriend really BRINGS / GETS / HELPS out the best in me - I'm a better person thanks to our relationship.

Edward certainly BET / TOOK / WON my respect when he turned down an unethical business deal.

Getting a new haircut has made a CROWNING / DRAMATIC / THEATRICAL improvement to his overall appearance.

Researchers have invented a new, HIGHLY / RICHLY / SHARPLY effective treatment for leukemia.

There's a lot of AREA / ROOM / SPACE for improvement in his writing skills.

My attempts at losing weight have failed INADEQUATELY / MISERABLY / STRONGLY - in fact, I've gained a few pounds!

Efforts to reduce teen pregnancy through better sex education have seen AVERAGE / MODEST / ORDINARY success.

I’m not a complete pacifist; I just believe war should be the last OPTION / PROSPECT / RESORT .

The company's advertising campaign was a SPECTACULAR / WONDERFUL / MIRACULOUS failure - it didn't attract a single new customer.

I made a real BREAKOUT / BREAKTHROUGH / PROGRESS in my English when I started practising listening more often.

I wanted to try waterskiing, but I lost my HEART / NERVE / CALM and ended up staying inside the boat.

Immigration reform was the CROWNING / CHAMPIONING / CHARMING achievement of the president's term in office.

Putting inexperienced teachers into the country's worst schools is a METHOD / PROGRAMME / RECIPE for disaster.

We thought the repairs on the car would cost about £400, but our estimate was way off the MARK / POINT / SPOT - it was £1,500!

The new movie has been a MEDIOCRE / SUPERNATURAL / PHENOMENAL success, with billions of dollars in ticket sales.