Từ vựng – Bài 8

1. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account?

2. I can’t advise you what to do: you must use your own _______?

3. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it’s not worth the _____ it involves?

4. He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes?

5. Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest?

6. I cannot undo the _____ in this piece of string?

7. He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his ______?

8. Be careful how you _____ that jug; It will break very easily?

9. This year the farmers were just able to gather the _____ before the fine weather came to an end?

10. They have a _____ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope?

11. The ____ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high?

12. You can _____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures?

13. During the _____ the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer?

14. Shut the window and _____ the cold _______?

15. The boy’s allergy to dust caused his skin to _______?

16. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain?

17. The crowd stared at the giant and the dwarf as if they were _______ monsters?

18. High in the sky a _____ of birds was flying southward?

19. ______ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year?

20. On summer _____ many English men work in their gardens when they come home from work?

21. All the students were excited at the _______ of a weekend sports competition?

22. The judge said that he was ______ by the high standards of performance by the riders?

23. I cut my finger on a rusty tin and it became badly _______?

24. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right?

25. The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for dinner?

26. The old lady couldn’t ____ because she had rheumatism?

27. We couldn’t cut the string because the ______ of the knife was not sharp enough?

28. Since his retirement, Peter Smith, who was ______ a teacher, has written four novels?

29. There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ______?

30. As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were _______ over the sky?

31. The local tourist bureau will send you _____ about hotels in the area?

32. A historical novel is a form of which may include many facts?

33. After his prolonged dive in search of the ring he emerged from the water _______?

34. Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out?

35. With the invention of the train, man could travel overland _____ without the need of horses?

36. When there’s a doubt the examiner’s decision is ______?

37. When I came through the customs at the airport, I had to pay ____ on a clock I had bought?

38. If present dissatisfaction over salaries continues the _____ result will be loss of staff?

39. I sat near the entrance for a long time _____ him, but he didn’t arrive?

40. You are not allowed to use the ______ after eleven o’clock at night, as it makes too much noise?

41. The information-office at the station ___ that all trains were running about one hour behind time?

42. The peasants’ many ______ resulting from ill-treat-ment by their landlords led finally to rebellion?

43. Where do you ______ going for your holidays this yea?

44. The plain occupies the west, south and central parts of the continent, though considerable variations are to be found over so ______ an area?

45. A horse drives the ______ from its body with its tail?

46. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _____ the factory?

47. I usually listen to the weather _____, though I have little faith in it?

48. I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time?

49. Why can’t you do this small _____ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past?

50. You can _______ my surprise when I heard the news?

51. I’m sorry I’m late, I was held up in a traffic _______?

53. There is something wrong with his vocal chords and as a result, he had always been ______?

54. Tell your brother to come _____ because it’s going rain in a minute or two?

55. The children thought that the cream was deliciously ______ and they finished it all?

56. Sally married _____ the Kennedy family?

57. The children _____ a line, then walked quietly into school?

58. It is not _____ for you to eat too much?

59. The police had to _____ the crow ______?

60. When he makes a _____ by car, he takes his family with him?

61. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______?

62. I ______ him to arrive in time for dinner?

63. Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______?

64. Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations?

65. When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars firmly?

66. He hit the other boxer so hard that he broke his lower ______?

67. It is time to ______ the table for dinner?

68. The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed?

69. Spies may have a number of _____ names and papers?

70. We paid the shopkeeper _____ cash?

71. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face?

72. She looked every where for her book but ______ had to return home without it?

73. Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking?

74. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ______ in the last six months?

75. You direct me to the nearest garage? One of my tyres is _____ ?

76. The sun ______ the growth of plants?

77. You couldn’t ______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town?

78. My petrol tank was empty so I pulled into a garage to ______?

79. I dislike going to the dentist as he uses the ______ on my teeth?

80. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely?

81. The businessman proved to be an apparently well-behaved ______ middle-aged man?

82. Mr and Mrs Green ____ a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday?

83. The gardener ______ a bucket with water so that he could plant the vegetables?

84. He does not _______ his fellow-workers and there are often disagreements between them?

85. You won’t find a greater variety of flowers anywhere else on _____?

86. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run ______ to catch it?

87. The lorry driver was badly ______ when his lorry crashed into a wall?

88. Violent programmes on television may have a bad _____ on children?

89. It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ______ four hours?

90. The us eof plastics for shoes _____ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business?

91. You should be very _____ to your teachers for their help?

92. When he beat the carpet, the _____ rose in clouds?

93. When can the students _____ for next year’s evening classes?

94. You must have ______ the examination before Friday, so bring your money to the office as soon as possible?

95. The garden ______ as far as the river?

96. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William’s new diningroom curtains _____ from dark blue to grey within a year?