Vocabulary
There’s no hidden meaning, just take the story at face v____
value
Alternative music usually becomes m_____ in the end.
mainstream
If we hadn’t overslept, we wouldn't _____(miss) our morning train!
have missed
IMAGINE you/be/the boss/your company, give/yourself/a raise?
Imagine you were the boss of your company,would you giveyourself a raise?
I don't have a...
strong opinion about
The article presented a different perspective but it didn’t d ___ the truth.
distort
The pictures were all b______ after I dropped my camera
blurred
Their team wouldn’t have won the championship if their current coach _____(be) so supportive at all times.
weren't
He/can/join us PROVIDED THAT he/behave.
He canjoin us provided thathe behaves.
very funny
hilarious
Every day we are b__ w_____ information about what products to buy, when we don't really need any of them.
bombarded with
You can't make a c____ that you got the highest mark in the test when you haven't seen all the results!
claim
She/not often/borrow/my car UNLESS she/ be/ in a real hurry.
She doesn’t often borrow my car unless she’s inareal hurry
If she _______(sit) next to me in that bus to Warsaw, we would never have met and wouldn’t be together now!
hadn't sat
It's absolutely....
vital I think, because
The media usually has a a____ when it comes to politics.
agenda
I think they are only doing it for c____ g__, they're not really interested in improving working conditions.
commercial gain
Real situation: Perhaps you will need my help - contact me.
Should..?
[Should] you need my help,will you contact me?
Would you ______(behave) differently if you had known those people?
have behaved
hard to believe
far-fetched
When the teacher asked me my opinion, I became t______-t___ and couldn’t think of anything to say.
tongue-tied
The police admitted that someone must have t______ w_____ the evidence.
tampered with
If she _________ (not be) so mean, she ________ (not say) that yesterday.
wasn’t, wouldn’t have said
They ____________ (give) you the leading part in the play if you _____ ____ (not dye) your hair this weird colour! But now I don’t think they will
would give, hadn’t dyed
you use ..../..... to show that you are saying what you really think about something
to be honest / frankly