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Advanced Vocabulary 7

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  • See for a moment - We might _________ of the singer as he goes on stage.
    have a look
    catch sight
    make a glimpse
    get view
  • Go down suddenly - The price of fuel took a __________ when the market crashed.
    duck dive
    high dive
    sky dive
    nose dive
  • the state of being unable to stop doing, having or using something - Exercise has become an _____________ for me.
    adict
    adicting
    adicted
    addiction
  • get into a computer system illegally - He was arrested because he tried to _________ government files.
    hack into
    break into
    type into
    sneak into
  • something that you do in your free time for enjoyment - Playing computer games is a very popular __________ activity.
    pass
    leisure
    free
    relax
  • a narrow road between buildings - The thief ran behind the building and into an _______.
    alley
    away
    anvil
    angle
  • Do things in an orderly and disciplined way - The employees really do what you say, you must run a pretty ________ here.
    tight ship
    sharp lorry
    clean boat
    heavy wagon
  • very strange and unusual - Stranger Things was a series about b_____ happenings.
    bizarre
    besot
    bestraggled
    bestowed
  • To put all your sincere efforts into something - He put his __________ into making your birthday cake.
    heart and tears
    heart and soul
    sweat and heart
    head and heart
  • to collect a sum of money for a certain purpose - We’re trying to ________ for a new gym at school.
    gain resources
    raise funds
    inflate currency
    capture finance
  • to act without any particular plan or expectation - I decided to book a hotel rather than to leave things to ______.
    serendipity
    luck
    possibility
    chance
  • almost going as far as doing something - Fortunately Hank stopped _________ of hitting James.
    small
    in front of
    less
    short
  • giving the first in a list of reasons or points you want to make - We never go to that café. For ________, it’s too expensive, and also the service is very slow.
    a start
    a first
    an initial
    a beginning
  • throughout the year, continuously - The resort never closes, it is open all year _____.
    full
    in
    complete
    round
  • Older people giving something to younger generations who then do the same - These stories have been _________ from generation to generation.
    turned in
    passed down
    given over
    handed off
  • full of people and activity - The shops were b_____ with shoppers on Christmas eve.
    bustling
    building
    blinking
    banging
  • There are no boundaries or limits to behaviour - The game has no rules, _________.
    all fits
    everything works
    anything goes
    nothing out
  • a world that only exists online - Many children only play games in the __________. They don´t go outside to play anymore.
    cyber land
    internet space
    web sites
    virtual world
  • make something or someone sleep, tired, unconscious, or at times, dead - The doctor ______ him to sleep before the operation. / We think we have to ________ our old dog to sleep.
    took
    made
    put
    set
  • to make someone do something they don’t want to do - I hated the violin when I was younger, but my mother ________ me to learn it.
    forced
    suggested
    twisted
    chided
  • a sport that involves competition - Football is the most popular _________ sport.
    competitive
    competing
    competive
    competed
  • a large number of people who want to buy something - We don’t produce goods for the _______ market.
    minute
    mega
    giant
    mass
  • to do something that immediately makes someone look or listen - The advertisement is designed to get people’s _______.
    attention
    look
    opinion
    focus
  • to make a noise that prevents another noise from being heard - I turned up the radio to _________ the noise of the roadworks.
    blow down
    wash over
    sweep away
    drown out
  • feeling satisfied with what you get for the price you paid for it. - Our customers like to feel they’re getting __________.
    value for money
    self worth
    comercial deal
    price for satisfaction
  • happiness that something bad has not happened or it has ended - After the exam, I felt an incredible sense of _______.
    deliverance
    cure
    relief
    respite