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  • Scientists think travelling to Mars will be within ___ in 25 years.
    grasp
    reach
    hold
    handle
  • With his boss being so temperamental, it took Joseph a while to ___ up the courage to ask for a pay rise.
    drive
    pluck
    act
    run
  • If you want to make it in the field of technology, study hard and stay ahead of the ___.
    spin
    twist
    circle
    curve
  • Films add an element of fright to their storylines by showing robots with scarily powerful ___ intelligence.
    synthetic
    fake
    plastic
    artificial
  • Helen thought her dog had run away forever, so naturally she was elated to see him back home safe and ___.
    hearing
    sight
    noise
    sound
  • It's just a minor computer glitch; the system will be ___ and running in five minutes.
    off
    on
    over
    up
  • Your remote control isn't working because it isn't connecting with the ___ on the TV properly.
    radar
    beam
    antenna
    sensor
  • Lisa was upset with her friend for talking about her behind her ___.
    head
    neck
    side
    back
  • The tendency is to respond to anger with anger, but in these situations, it pays to keep a cool ___.
    mind
    brain
    top
    head
  • I'm not surprised that your brother is angry; you spent half an hour ___ him up about an issue he cares about deeply.
    spinning
    turning
    winding
    twirling
  • If you were to appoint Jean to the head of the committee, she would be on ___ nine.
    heaven
    sky
    fog
    cloud
  • She's been a member of the site for years, but she's no longer an active ___.
    user
    operator
    customer
    handler
  • You're still using a Windows 7 operating system? You're so ___ the times!
    under
    off
    out
    behind
  • Until emergency crews stabilised the reactor, the country was on the ___ of disaster.
    brink
    side
    precipice
    edge
  • Most people are ___ to believe that girls and boys like certain toys when they are young.
    hardened
    conditioned
    accustomed
    acclimated
  • The neighbours were once close friends, but after one moved, they ___ apart.
    drifted
    floated
    wandered
    strayed
  • The magazine's issues have been placed in an electronic archive, so you'll have decades of material ___ your fingertips.
    within
    under
    round
    at
  • Don't ___ him on to join a gang: nothing could be worse for him!
    egg
    butter
    knife
    toast
  • Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it took less than a year for Germany to be ___.
    merged
    joined
    combined
    unified
  • The secret was causing Amy much stress and she had to get it off her ___.
    chest
    face
    shoulders
    body
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