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There's an evening meeting at work, so I'll be home _______ again, I'm afraid.

lateish

kindly late

roughly late

nearly

I'd say he's __________, definitely over 1.80 metres.

tallish

more or less tall

kind of tallest

just tall

If you buy your ticket in advance it can cost______ $30.

as little as

at least

just over

some

Correct the mistake: You can buy a good guitar for as few as $300, although they usually cost more.

as little as

A: When do you want to meet? B: Three-_____?

ish

approximately

so

thereabouts

Rewrite the sentence: I felt a little ill on the flight.

I felt kind of ill/ sort of ill

She spends ________ 13 hours a day online.

around

sort of

as least as

an average

Some days, ____ two or three people visit the shop.

as few as

as much as

roughly

nearly

I spend an average of *two hours and 26 minutes* a day dealing with text messages.

about two-and-a-half-hours

approximately 2 hours

roughly two hours and a half

two hours and nearly 26 minutes

Rewrite the sentence: We drove 475 kilometres without seeing another car.

A little under 500km

A: Who was that on the phone? B: _____ sales representative from an office supplies company.

some

kind of a

any

that

Rewrite the sentence: He had $5, 023.28 in his bank account.

A little over $5000/roughly/ etc

Choose the expression that is closest in meaning: Oh no! I left *my notebooks, pens and laptop* on the bus.

my stuff

my stuffs

my thing

almost my things

Can you drop by my office at ________ for a quick meeting?

four-ish

just over four

a little under four

sort of four

a: How many tickets do we need to buy to get a group discount? b: _____ ten, according to their website.

as few as

a little under

roughly

kind of

She spent ______ a month on the project. Three weeks and four days to be precise.

just under

just over

nearly about

as little as

Correct the mistake:Pietro is tall or so and will be wearing a blue suit.

kind of tall/ tallish

How _____ do you usually take with you for an overnight business trip?

much stuff

many stuff

many staffs

much stuffs

a: Was the factory tour interesting? b: It was actually____ frustrating because I couldn't hear the guide.

kind of

nearly

more or less

little

We expect 205 people at the conference.

200 people or thereabouts

200 thereabouts people

200 or thereabouts people

abouts 200 people or so

We met at a pizza restaurant, but I've forgotten its name.

We met at some pizza restaurant.

We met at a pizza-ish restaurant.

We met at a kind pizza restaurant.

We met roughly at a pizza restaurant.

We arrived at 6:05.

six or so

nearly 6pm

at least 6pm

a little over 6pm

Yusuf says that 78 per cent of his email is junk mail. That's ______ three quarters!

more than

as much as

a little under

kind of

Choose the expression that means the same: We need *98* chairs for the presentation.

A hundred-odd

98-odd

almost of 100

a little before 100

Correct the mistake:You can rent a room here for as few as £500 per month.

as little as

Rewrite the sentence: The trip took five hours and 55 minutes.

The trip took a little under 6 hours

The trip took almost of six hours

The trip took sort of 6 hours

The trip took as little as 6 hours

He was reading ______ or other about management, but it didn't help.

some sort of book

a sort of book

that book

some book stuff

Correct the mistake:We have 600 employees, and thereabouts.

or thereabouts

My friends Jeremy gets *no more than* five or ten emails a day.

as few as

nearly

as much as

just over

David gets ______ ten text messages a day from a gym he's not even interested in joining.

as many as

as little as

a liitle over

kind of

Choose the expression that means the same: *A man I don't know* keeps sending me contact requests on LinkedIn.

some guy

some colleague

some friend

That guy

I have 22 notifications on Facebook. I have ____ notifications on Facebook.

just over 20

nearly 20

approximately 22

22 or so

Correct it! They bought a car that's a sort a yellow colour

sort of

I thought it was _____ strange that the restaurant didn't have our reservation.

kind of

more or less

roughly

something