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  • There’s something not quite right about this painting but I can’t quite put my _____ on it.
    nail
    finger
    hand
    palm
  • He’ll never stick his ______ out for anyone else
    arm
    neck
    head
    nose
  • An oil tanker has ____ aground just off the coast of Galicia.
    sailed
    floated
    run
    walked
  • I don’t know why he’s kicking up such a _____. It’s no big deal.
    fussy
    fizzy
    flap
    fuss
  • They robbed the bank in ______ daylight.
    total
    wide
    bright
    broad
  • That new Bond movie? Every five seconds an explosion - I thought it was all a bit over the _____.
    hill
    top
    moon
    summit
  • I just caught sight of her out of the ______ of my eye.
    side
    corner
    pupil
    edge
  • The situation is unpredictable. We’ll just have to play it by ____.
    ear
    piano
    sight
    voice
  • They managed it against all ______. Nobody thought they could do it.
    evens
    equals
    odds
    primes
  • I’m finding it hard to get into the _____ of things again after so long in hospital.
    sway
    style
    swing
    sail
  • Don’t take what he said at face value. I think he said it tongue in ______.
    teeth
    mouth
    throat
    cheek
  • They were just going through the ______. You could tell that their hearts weren’t in it.
    moves
    movements
    manners
    motions
  • Let’s invite lots of people.The more the _______.
    mustier
    merrier
    more magic
    madder
  • Phew! So far so _____.
    okay
    bad
    happy
    good
  • Eventually he ______ up the courage to ask her out.
    puckered
    plucked
    picked
    packed
  • He wasn’t chosen because he was special, he was just picked ___ random.
    for
    by
    on
    at
  • I’ve got a lot of time on my ______.
    fingers
    arms
    hands
    mind