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  • to fulfil or satisfy a set of rules - The offices do not _________ safety regulations or standars.
    meet
    comply
    arrive
    stretch
  • Someone who has been found guilty of crimes in the past. - The company will not employ anyone with a __________.
    legal problem
    theft history
    criminal record
    crimes history
  • not likely to move or break - Make sure the fence posts are _________.
    rock steady
    hard rock
    stone depth
    hard stone
  • an animal that hunts, kills and eats - Hippos do not have many natural _________.
    carnevores
    predators
    hunters
    killers
  • driving a motor vehicle - I’m a different person when I’m _________.
    at the steering
    over the wheels
    taking the control
    behind the wheel
  • to make a decision about something - Hurry up! _________ about what you want to order, I am so hungry!
    Put together your head
    Make up your mind
    Set up your thoughts
    Get your idea
  • To continue to communicate with someone who is not near you - I still _________ with all my old school friends.
    remain contacted
    maintain in communication
    keep in touch
    stay in reach
  • in a situation where something has complete power over you - Poor people are increasingly at the _________ of money-lenders.
    foot
    mercy
    pity
    power
  • became worse - The demonstration soon _______ into violence.
    degenerated
    dismembered
    disembarked
    digressed
  • confused and not knowing where to go or what to do - He woke up feeling completely ______.
    dismembered
    disoriented
    disordered
    discorded
  • extremely cruel and unpleasant behaviour - He witnessed some appalling acts of _____ during the war.
    bartendering
    barbarism
    barberian
    barbelist
  • the amount of money that is available to spend - The country doesn’t have the __________ to invest in housing.
    financial statements
    financial resources
    financial records
    financial balance
  • speaking in a general way - He described the job in b________ terms, without going into details.
    fat
    wide
    thick
    broad
  • a complicated system of paths or passages - The mouse ran quickly through the _________ in our lab in science class.
    tase
    gaze
    maze
    haze
  • a way of thinking about the world - Our __________ is quite different from that of writers in the fourth century BC.
    world opinion
    world view
    world sight
    world look
  • Annoyed - The old man was grumpy and ________.
    irresponsible
    irregador
    irritable
    irresistable
  • not perfect, containing mistakes to - Further studies show that her data was ______.
    faked
    forfeited
    forged
    flawed
  • knowing a lot - My professor is very _________ about History and Art.
    knowledgeable
    knowing
    knowledging
    known
  • at this particular point in time - At _______, it is impossible to say whether he will make a full recovery.
    that time
    this hour
    this juncture
    now in day
  • Something being given to a person in the family who is younger - When I was younger I didn´t get new clothes, everything was _________ to me by my brother.
    handed down
    given over
    let down
    passed by
  • not happening or existing very often - You may as well walk, as buses from here are relatively __________.
    not frequently stood
    few and far between
    limited and seldomly
    thin and sparse
  • a machine or piece of equipment that saves time and effort - Vacuum cleaners and washing machines are __________ devices.
    task-saving
    job-saving
    labour-saving
    business-saving
  • to use as little energy as possible - The new light bulbs use less electricity and therefore _________ energy.
    save up
    store
    conserve
    waste
  • to think something is stupid or ridiculous - I fingd their plan to change fruit into oil __________.
    hilarious
    amusing
    funny
    laughable
  • to treat a particular event or problem far too seriously - It’s ridiculous – we have a tiny disagreement and you blow the whole thing out of ________!
    size
    fit
    parameters
    proportion
  • able to be made, done, or achieved - With the extra resources, the project now seems _______.
    formidable
    feasible
    fallible
    fillable