MAKE A SENTENCE
pick up
Sher picked up a couple of words when she was in Japan.
It is said that more time is actually spent deciding the name of a product than on the research and development leading to the ........................ (innovate) itself.
INNOVATION
i WOULD OFTEN GO CYCLING WITH MY FATHER WHEN I WAS A CHILD. (used)
MY FATHER...........................................CYCLING WITH HIM WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
often used to take me
RESPECTFUL
DISRESPECTFUL
LOANWORDS
a word taken from one language and used in another:
diacritic marks used in loan words like the French "naïveté"
naive
the rather naive young man had been totally misled
Understnading them can only ............ (rich) our comprehension of what is similar in all languages.
enrich
Students don't spend their free time in the same way as fifty years ago.
The way students spend their free time.................fifty years.
......has chenaged over|in the last fifty years.
PERSONAL
IMPRERSONAL
HAVE A SAY
BE INVOLVED IN MAKING A DECISION
set up
The restautant was set up 15 years ago.
Consequently, many neighbours are finding it ..................(increase) difficult to settle disputes amicably.
increasingly
Carla........................ last Monday.
Carla had never gone skiing until last Monday.
CONVENIENT
INCONVENIENT
TURN A BLIND EYE TO
pretend not to notice.
twist sb's arm
I'm really scared of heights but if you twist my arm, I suppose i'll go climbing with you.
The collections in the museum are absolutely.....................(standing) and cover the cultures of east and west.
outstanding
Boris is unlikely to win the prize. (likelihood)
There is little..............................the prize.
There is little likelihood that Boris will win the prize.
LITERATE
ILLITERATE
CONSCIENTIOUS
putting a lot of effort into your work:
a conscientious student
is|are yet to be..............
The culprit is yet to be discovered.
One could ban the use of artificail oxygen and local guides, leaving Everest to the vesy best................. (mountain)
mountaineers
Madeleine felt sure that she would be offered the job.
Madeleine felt she....................... offered the job.
.................was bound to be offered the job.
DECISIVE
INDECISIVE
to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke:
Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?