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ADV Expert Units 8+9

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  • A long time ago
    Many moons ago
    A blue moon ago
    Planets ago
    A lot of moons ago
  • _____ sth a try/go
    give
    run
    do
    have
  • neither make nor lose money
    go in the green
    break neutral
    go in the red
    break even
  • take a close _____
    glimpse
    look
    glance
    view
  • to make someone confused about where they are and where they are going
    dense
    disorientated
    precocious
    all at sea
  • _______ the question (not possible or not allowed)
    out from
    far from
    far out of
    out of
  • He will not forget to collect us from the airport. (ACCOUNT)  On ____________________ collected from the airport.
    no account will we not be
    no account we will not be
    no account he won't forget
    no account will he not forget to be
  • to have only enough money to pay for the basic things
    scrape under
    scrape through
    scrape by
    scrape down
  • embark ____
    up
    in
    on
    with
  • If I had the option, I’d choose happiness over wealth. (PREFER)                                                I _______________________ wealthy
    would prefer being happy than
    would prefer happiness rather than
    would prefer to be happy rather than
    would prefer to be happy than
  • It didn’t say anything about the extra charges in the brochure. (ANYTHING)                        Nowhere in _________________________ about the extra charges.
    the brochure it said anything
    the brochure said it anything
    the brochure did it say anything
    the brochure was it said anything
  • I don’t think I’ve ever met such an interesting person as Jake. (JUST) _______________________ interesting person I’ve ever met.
    Jake is just the most about
    Jake is just as
    Jake is just as the most
    Jake is just about the most
  • He has been banned from entering the building. (ALLOWED)                               Under no ___________________________ to enter the building.
    circumstances is he allowed
    circumstances does he be allowed
    circumstances he is to be allowed
    circumstances he is allowed
  • to persuade someone to accept a lower amount of money for something
    rip sby off
    beat sby up
    beat sby down
    rip sby up
  • ______ a gamble
    make
    take
    play
    do
  • inherit
    come into
    put by
    be tied up in
    rip off
  • _____ it safe
    make
    take
    go
    play
  • Very little has changed since the last time I visited this village. (SAME)                              The village is much _____________________ I last visited it.
    more or less the same as when
    as the same as when
    the same as when
    more the same than when
  • think ______ one's feet (to make a quick decision or give an answer quickly)
    on
    about
    under
    over
  • As the hours passed I became increasingly worried about them. (LATER) The ___________________________ worried about them
    later it got, the more I
    later it was, the more I
    later the hours passed, the more increasingly I
    later it became, the more
  • You don’t often meet people who have taught themselves Chinese. (ANYONE)                    Rarely ___________________________ taught themselves Chinese.
    you don't meet anyone who has
    do you meet anyone who has
    do you meet anyone who
    you often meet anyone who has
  • _________ knowledgeable
    highly
    deeply
    notably
    vastly
  • not completely conscious of what is happening
    mixed up
    zoned in
    far-out
    spaced out
  • not very often
    everything under the sun
    out of this world
    once in a blue moon
    be over the moon
  • to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration
    view
    glance at
    notice
    gaze at
  • lay ____ sby
    off
    down
    with
    out
  • a reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity
    downfall
    downturn
    downgrade
  • The cost of living is far higher now than it used to be. (THAN) Everything costs considerably ___________________________ .
    less now than it used to
    higher now than it used to
    the highest than it's ever been
    more now than it used to
  • to see something or someone for a very short time or only partly
    glance
    notice
    glimpse
    view
  • pay ____
    out
    through
    forward
    off
  • have a ______ IQ
    clever
    great
    high
    bold
  • used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand
    It's not a piece of cake
    It's not engineering
    It's not rocket science
    It's not astrophysics
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