Part 1
The wizard asked her to close her eyes and .... a wish.
Get/Make/Do/Have
Make (collocation)
The team has .... monitoring this group of whales for several years.
BEEN
Scientists think having a head plays a ... role in brain development. SIGN
SIGNIFICANT
The company decided to build the new factory despite local people objecting to it.
REGARDLESS
The company decided to build the new factory ........................... of local people.
REGARDLESS OF THE OBJECTIONS
To do something "inadvertently"
Without intention
There's no need for you to be ... with the arrangements for the meeting.
disturbed/troubled/concerned/worried
CONCERNED (because "with")
You'll lose your job .... you stop browsing memes at work.
UNLESS
A horribly long and .... silence followed Jack's reading of his poem. COMFORT
UNCOMFORTABLE
I can't understand how Phil managed to move the wardrobe on his own.
CLUE
I ......................................... Phil managed to move the wardrobe on his own.
HAVE NO CLUE HOW
Astonished
Shocked
The teacher asked the students to .... note of the new lesson times.
Take/Use/Put/Write
TAKE NOTE (collocation)
I was astonished to unexpectantly bump ... an old army friend of mine from Saigon.
INTO
At the end of the course we were asked to .... the teacher's performance. VALUE
EVALUATE
At the moment I finished my sandwich the phone rang.
SOONER
No ................................................................... the phone rang.
SOONER HAD I FINISHED MY SANDWICH THAN
Frown
Angry face, eyebrows close together.
Recent research into spontaneous human combustion has ... to some intriguing conclusions.
reached/pointed/finished/achieved
POINTED TO (indicated)
I love my country home, because I've an interrupted horizon with no other human beings ... sight.
IN
Hate him or love him, Elon Musk is ... a genius at self-marketing. DENY
UNDENIABLY
Winning the award was a complete surprise for Hannah.
BLUE
Winning the ............................................ for Hannah.
AWARD CAME OUT OF THE BLUE
Indignant
Offended, angry
Intelligence is important in exams, in entrepeneurship, it's .... not as vital as elbow grease and gumption.
arguably/cautiously/uncertainly/doubtfully
ARGUABLY (can be argued that)
As ... rule, eskimos are usually pretty cool people.
A
Her theories regularly challenged conventional ... on the causes of climate change. WISE
WISDOM
I phoned my mum as soon as I arrived, so that she wouldn't worry about me.
REST
I put my mum's ................................................................. as soon as I arrived.
WORRIES TO REST BY PHONING (HER)
Wade
Walk slowly through water.