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CE Vocabulary p.96-97

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  • A friend invited me to dinner but I was tired, so I told them I couldn't go because I was ill." This is:
    to cheat on someone
    to tell home truths
    to make an excuse
    to excuse
  • It's easy to fall _________ the false impression that your computer is safe because an anti virus program is running.
    in
    on
    under
    out
  • She gave false testimony under oath. = She...
    deceived
    commited perjury
    was tactful
    told home truths
  • I told several people that someone in my class cheated on a test, when in fact I don’t know this for sure." This is:
    get away with something
    to be tactful
    to pass it off
    to spread malicious gossip
  • Mark ______________ his test again!
    cheated under
    cheated on
    cheated off
  • The murderer wasn't punished for his hideous crime. =...
    The murderer passed off with his hideous crime.
    The murderer got out with his hideous crime.
    The murderer embellished his hideous crime.
    The murderer got away with his hideous crime.
  • It is ______________ that a new house development will be built in town.
    rumoured
    forgered
    blunted
  •  "I took a photo of a plate which I’d thrown in the air, then told my friends it was a UFO." This is:
    to pass it off
    to carry out a hoax
    to tell a white lie
    to be deceived
  • Don't forget that you're __________ oath.
    under
    on
    in
    towards
  • I told the judge in court that the accused had been with me all night, when in fact she hadn’t." This is:
    to con
    to plagiarise
    to get away with something
    to commit perjury
  • The suspect apparently conned a number of elderly people." This is:
    to trick
    to embellish
    to carry out a hoax
    to deceive
  • He tried to pass himself off as an expert." What does the expression in bold mean?
    to commit perjury
    to make people believe that you're someone/something else
    to swear an oath
  • I copied and pasted part of someone else’s text into an essay and submitted it as my own work." This is:
    to exaggerate
    to be tactful
    to plagiarise
    to tell a white lie
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