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_____ of the two books that I bought were any good.
Neither
13. The beach was fun even though it was too cold. FACT
______________ too cold, the beach was fun.
despite the fact that it was
It's 2025, I have live in Denia for 5 years. LIVING
By 2030 I ____________for 10 years
will have been living in Denia
The job of creating sound effects for films
______ _______
foley artist
A person who sets fire to things
arsonist
Reading _____ pleasure is one of my favourite pastimes,
for
They went to Rome and Naples. NOT
____________to Rome but also Naples
not only did they go
I am sure they will be late. BOUND
They_______________
are bound to be late
an example of WHOM in a sentence
..
the noise a mouse makes
squeak
Rather ______ go to the zoo we should gp to the museum
than
The new series is far better than the old one. NOWHERE
The old series was ______________the new one
nowhere near as good as
He as going to come but he didn't. HAVE
He was ______________ but he didn't
to have come
Two idioms involving animals with the word CHANGE
..
the black surface of a road
tarmac
What really matters is the way ____ which you express yourself.
in
I think that yoghurt is inedible, it smells terrible-
I think that yoghurt ___________, it smells terrible.
has gone off
He was just about to leave. OF
He was_______________
on the point of leaving
The world`s first "human ecological prsion is on the island of _______
Bastoy
The crime of damaging the character or reputation of a person
libel
He was prevented ______ attending by the bad weather.
from
He was fired because of his lack of punctuality. GROUNDS
He was fired ____________ he was always late.
on the grounds that
The train was expected at 9.35. TO
The train _________________at 9.35
was due to arrive
In what year did the art of making sound in films start
1927
An excuse that puts you somewhere else at the time of a crime so that you cvannot be guilty
alibi