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