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  • I'd say he's __________, definitely over 1.80 metres.
    just tall
    tallish
    more or less tall
    kind of tallest
  • She spent ______ a month on the project. Three weeks and four days to be precise.
    just under
    nearly about
    as little as
    just over
  • How _____ do you usually take with you for an overnight business trip?
    much stuffs
    many stuff
    much stuff
    many staffs
  • Choose the expression that is closest in meaning: Oh no! I left *my notebooks, pens and laptop* on the bus.
    almost my things
    my stuffs
    my thing
    my stuff
  • There's an evening meeting at work, so I'll be home _______ again, I'm afraid.
    roughly late
    lateish
    nearly
    kindly late
  • David gets ______ ten text messages a day from a gym he's not even interested in joining.
    kind of
    as many as
    a liitle over
    as little as
  • Rewrite the sentence: I felt a little ill on the flight.
    I felt kind of ill/ sort of ill
  • I have 22 notifications on Facebook. I have ____ notifications on Facebook.
    22 or so
    just over 20
    nearly 20
    approximately 22
  • Choose the expression that means the same: We need *98* chairs for the presentation.
    a little before 100
    98-odd
    A hundred-odd
    almost of 100
  • A: Who was that on the phone? B: _____ sales representative from an office supplies company.
    that
    kind of a
    any
    some
  • I thought it was _____ strange that the restaurant didn't have our reservation.
    kind of
    roughly
    more or less
    something
  • a: Was the factory tour interesting? b: It was actually____ frustrating because I couldn't hear the guide.
    more or less
    little
    nearly
    kind of
  • If you buy your ticket in advance it can cost______ $30.
    as little as
    at least
    just over
    some
  • We arrived at 6:05.
    a little over 6pm
    at least 6pm
    six or so
    nearly 6pm
  • A: When do you want to meet? B: Three-_____?
    so
    ish
    thereabouts
    approximately
  • Yusuf says that 78 per cent of his email is junk mail. That's ______ three quarters!
    as much as
    kind of
    a little under
    more than
  • Correct it! They bought a car that's a sort a yellow colour
    sort of
  • Correct the mistake:Pietro is tall or so and will be wearing a blue suit.
    kind of tall/ tallish
  • My friends Jeremy gets *no more than* five or ten emails a day.
    just over
    as few as
    as much as
    nearly
  • Correct the mistake: You can buy a good guitar for as few as $300, although they usually cost more.
    as little as
  • Rewrite the sentence: He had $5, 023.28 in his bank account.
    A little over $5000/roughly/ etc
  • Correct the mistake:You can rent a room here for as few as £500 per month.
    as little as
  • We met at a pizza restaurant, but I've forgotten its name.
    We met at some pizza restaurant.
    We met roughly at a pizza restaurant.
    We met at a kind pizza restaurant.
    We met at a pizza-ish restaurant.
  • Some days, ____ two or three people visit the shop.
    as few as
    roughly
    nearly
    as much as
  • Can you drop by my office at ________ for a quick meeting?
    just over four
    a little under four
    four-ish
    sort of four
  • Rewrite the sentence: We drove 475 kilometres without seeing another car.
    A little under 500km
  • I spend an average of *two hours and 26 minutes* a day dealing with text messages.
    about two-and-a-half-hours
    roughly two hours and a half
    approximately 2 hours
    two hours and nearly 26 minutes
  • Choose the expression that means the same: *A man I don't know* keeps sending me contact requests on LinkedIn.
    some colleague
    That guy
    some friend
    some guy
  • a: How many tickets do we need to buy to get a group discount? b: _____ ten, according to their website.
    as few as
    roughly
    kind of
    a little under
  • She spends ________ 13 hours a day online.
    sort of
    an average
    as least as
    around
  • We expect 205 people at the conference.
    200 thereabouts people
    200 or thereabouts people
    200 people or thereabouts
    abouts 200 people or so
  • Rewrite the sentence: The trip took five hours and 55 minutes.
    The trip took as little as 6 hours
    The trip took a little under 6 hours
    The trip took almost of six hours
    The trip took sort of 6 hours
  • Correct the mistake:We have 600 employees, and thereabouts.
    or thereabouts
  • He was reading ______ or other about management, but it didn't help.
    a sort of book
    some book stuff
    that book
    some sort of book