adverb collocations
The American diet is ___________ different from the Japanese diet.
dramatically
Your dog is ___________ (ORDINARY) intelligent. You should try and get him on TV!
extraordinarily
At the end-of-year dinner, the employee of the year was presented _________ a new computer.
with
This manual is too difficult for me.
CONCERNED
As ____________this manual is too difficult for me.
as far as I am concerned
The public were __________ critical of the government's plan to raise the retirement age.
heavily
The ___________ (PICTURE) scenery of Suffolk was the inspiration for the painter John Constable.
picturesque
The new controversial tax law comes into ___________ from next May. Everyone should prepare themselves to avoid problems.
force
legality
age
existence
force
While the north of the country is generally warm, the south _________to be cold, particularly in February.
tends
Susan couldn't get to the date because of the heavy rain.
PREVENTED
The heavy rain __________getting to the date.
prevented Susan from
In the past I never used to apply sunscreen as I was __________ unaware of the risks connected with prolonged sun exposure.
blissfully
The dog found the cat in his bed and walked off feeling as though he'd been _________ (WIT).
outwitted
I don't think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting did they? I totally failed to get my point ___________.
around
across
through
along
across
Most smokers have a _______ time explaining why they started – and why they continue.
hard
Sally gets on well with her father-in-law.
TERMS
Sally is ____________her father-in-law.
on good terms with
I was ________ disappointed when they turned me down for the job.
bitterly
The area had seen an increase of illnesses brought on by ___________ living conditions,
substandard
For lunch, I always have something quick and easy: a sandwich, a salad, toast and the ___________.
same
similar
rest
like
like
The shopping mall owners are furious at the ease _________ which the thieves entered the building.
with
I didn't realise what she would suffer in the first place.
DID
Little _________would suffer in the first place.
did I realise that she
I find fantasy books __________ fascinating.
endlessly
There is an __________ (RIVAL) collection of Egyptian relics at the British Museum in London.
unrivalled
The company has a lot of problems but they all seem to ___________ to money.
boil down
cook up
lead over
reason out
boil down
Crystal skulls are very beautiful objects and, ________ say, possess great powers.
some
The pupils are living temporarily in a hotel.
BEING
For ______________ the pupils are living in a hotel.
the time being