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  • normal/capable/safe/serious: Perfectly? Highly?
    perfectly
  • The validity of a lot of information posted on the web is open to ______.
    question
    doubt
    consideration
  • Peace negotiations between the two countries ............ ............ after only two days, resulting in the end of the agreed ceasefire.
    broke down
  • armed/guarded/loaded/polluted: Absolutely? Heavily?
    heavily
  • I am not expecting an increase in sales this year (UPTURN) - I have ______ in summer sales this year.
    no expectation of/for an upturn
  • awful/safe/sure: Completely? Bitterly?
    completely
  • alarming/bleak/rough: Pretty? Totally?
    Pretty
  • My grandmother has finally got used to living alone (TERMS) - My grandmother ____ living alone.
    has finally come to terms with
  • seek
    sought, sought
  • beneficial/satisfactory/sure/true: Entirely? Utterly?
    entirely
  • The Open Science movement is a global ____to make scientific data accessible to the general public, allowing more widespread involvement in scientific research.
    initiative
    scheme
    process
  • peril
    perilous
  • The news that the President had quit came as a great surprise to everyone. (ABACK) - Everyone _______ President quitting.
    was taken aback by the
  • bleak/enjoyable/relieved/rough/shocked: Deeply? Quite?
    Quite
  • You're overloaded with work, your whole family is confined and, to make matters worse, it's freezing cold. Suddenly, your router breaks down. You say...
    That's all I need! / I need this like a hole in the head!
  • The journalist won an award for his _____ of the company's illicit arms deal.
    report
    exposure
    article
  • To make the sauce, first ............ the chocolate ............ into squares.
    BREAK...UP
  • event
    eventful
  • shake
    shook, shaken
  • tear
    tore, torn
  • sting
    stung, stung
  • Paula and I have been friends since 2008. (DATES) - My _______ to 2008.
    friendship with Paula dates back
  • rudiments
    rudimentary
  • penny
    penniless
  • ashamed/convinced/inadequate/safe/unexpected: Widely? Totally?
    totally
  • aware/shy/obvious/slow: Absolutely? Painfully?
    painfully
  • ashamed/convinced/relieved: widely? thoroughly?
    thoroughly
  • alarming/bleak/surprising: Entirely? Somewhat?
    Somewhat
  • crazy/devastated/impossible/shattered/useless: decidedly? utterly?
    Utterly
  • There's a public transport strike and you've got an exam/job interview to go to. The only possible way you can get there is by bicycle - a two-hour ride! Your loved ones ask why you're going to put yourself through this. You say...
    Needs must (when the devil drives).
  • available/known/read/understood: perfectly? Widely?
    widely
  • naive/difficult: Stupidly? Deeply?
    stupidly
  • rose
    rosy
  • revolution
    revolutionary
  • In the 1980's, the United Nations Environment Programme _____with the metereological Organisation to identify and communicate the seriousness of the threat to the ozone layer.
    teamed up
    took up
    got in
  • She did seem rather unhappy, but I just ............ it ............ to the pressure she was under at work.
    PUT...DOWN
  • awful/convinced/excrutiating/sure/terrified: Absolutely? Perfectly?
    Absolutely
  • No matter how well anyone in the class writes, your mean teacher refuses to award anyone more than a 13 out of 20. Your classmates are livid but you, already resigned to the situation, say...
    It can't be helped.
  • The students were told to either keep quiet or leave the art gallery (NO) - The students ______ keep quiet or leave the art gallery.
    were given/had no choice/alternative/option but to
  • cold/disappointed/opposed: bitterly? completely?
    bitterly
  • The reforms will not succeed unless they are carefully planned. (CRUCIAL) Careful ................ of the reforms.
    planning is crucial to the success
  • A close friend split up with their long-term abusive partner a few months ago. It was a very difficult process to get over, but the right decision. Now, your friend announces that he/she is getting back together with their ex. You say...
    You need your head examined! / I need hardly remind you of how difficult etc.
  • peaceful: Deceptively? Totally?
    deceptively
  • There’s no evidence to ............ ............ his accusations.
    BACK UP
  • shrink
    shrank, shrunk
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