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Local residents will be offered _______ if permission is granted for a third runway. COMPENSATE
COMPENSATION
Not many people use the local bus service because it is too expensive. CHEAPER
If the local bus service ______________________ it.
was/were cheaper, more people would use
Most people are totally/really oblivious to the extent ofthe threat perticides pose to bees.
TOTALLY
He spent the weekend ________ deer to photograph them.
STALKING
The local council is responsible for the disposal of ________ waste. HOUSE
HOUSEHOLD
She couldn’t go to the party because she was ill. BEEN
If ____________ ill, she could have gone to the party.
she hadn’t/had not been
In this country, any changes to the law tend to be absolutely/painfully slow.
PAINFULLY
The decision to extend the lockdown will have _______ consequences for local people living on tourism and shop owners.
DIRE
It is through the use of computers that criminals can operate ________. REMOTE
REMOTELY
The report concluded that the more remote communities lacked adequate health facilities. TOTALLY
The report concluded that health facilities in the more remote communities _____________.
were totally inadequate
Some of the governors were bitterly/heavily opposed to any new health and safety restriction.
BITTERLY
The judge called him a ________ criminal, one who will not stop his criminal activity.
HARDENED
Border guards can be a useful ________ to illegal immigrants. DETER
DETERRENT
I didn’t make up the spare room because I didn’t know you were visiting. MADE
I ____________ the spare room if I’d known you were visiting.
’d/would have made up
Some people are more deeply/heavily attached to their pets than others.
DEEPLY
The mayor tried to _________ the fact that he had been in prison.
HUSH UP
Hacking should always be ________ with a prison sentence. PUNISH
PUNISHABLE
The satnav doesn’t work, which is why we are lost. BE
If the satnav ___________________________ lost.
worked, we wouldn’t be
I am absolutely/extremely disappointed by the lack of response to my advert for volunteers.
EXTREMELY
I was just __________ around in my drawer for my passport.
FERRETING