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  • I lived in Ireland ____ one year in order to learn English.
    since
    during
    for
  • Could you ______ me 20 bucks?
    lend
    borrow
  • Catie was very ____ as a teenager; the smallest thing would make her cry.
    sensitive
    sensible
  • My doctor said I had a chest infection and gave me a _____ for some antibiotics.
    receipt
    prescription
    recipe
  • Please, come to my office at 3.00 pm, so we can _____ our strategy for the meeting tomorrow.
    discus
    argue
  • The ____ from London to Paris by train takes about 2 and a half hours.
    trip
    journey
    travel
    voyage
  • My sister works ____ a teacher in a primary school. She loves kids.
    like
    as
  • Ryan ____ the bus, so he was late for school.
    lost
    missed
    rushed
  • Can you _____ me to buy some milk on the way home?
    remind
    forget
    remember
  • There are _____ students in my class this year that there were last year.
    fewer
    less
  • Did you ____ that noise coming form the sitting room? What was it?
    hear
    listen
  • ______ I have very good qualifications, I can't find a job.
    In spite of
    Despite
    Although
  • My new var is very ____ - it's electric, so it costs practically nothing to run.
    economic
    economical
    economics
  • I'm gonna start doing a ____ in medicine at Warsaw University next year.
    degree
    career
    course
  • You can use my necklace for your date tomorrow, but don't _____ it, okay?
    loose
    lose
  • Plastic has a really harmful _____ on the environment.
    effect
    affect
  • For this ____ you need some counters and dice.
    game
    play
  • That guy over there is my work ____, but I don't know him very well.
    friend
    colleague
    college
  • It took me a really long time but, _____ , I learned how to play the violin.
    in the end
    at the end
  • He got a job at the local furniture ____, he starts on Monday.
    factory
    fabric
  • My grandma was ____ yesterday - the thieves got her phone and bag.
    burglary
    stolen
    robbed
  • Stop freaking about meeting my parents. They're really _______ .
    sympathetic
    nice
  • I _____ you to get your passport changed as soon as possible - it;s gonna expire soon.
    advise
    advice
  • Paula always makes scrumptious ____ - that's why I love going to her house fro dinner.
    desserts
    deserts
  • I know I told you that but you could use my car tomorrow but ______ I need it, so you acn't, sorry.
    actually
    currently
  • One of the parents lost their job and now the family has to live on one ____ .
    salary
    pension