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