Từ vựng – Bài 9

1. The office lifts are out of ______ again?

2. She heated the chocolate until it ______ , then poured it over the cake?

3. Voices were ______as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered?

4. She asked me to ______ my name and address in capital letters so that they could be read more easily?

5. The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and _______?

6. Much to their surprise everything went according to _____?

7. Can’t you _____ your chief to let you have a holiday?

8. You must ______ that book before you sit down table?

9. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it?

10. The police must now ______ escaped convict in the surrounding counties?

11. The workmen made so much ______ that Mr. walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards?

12. The guide is ______ a line of tourists through the uarrow passage with the help of his torch?

13. I’m sorry but what he thinks is not of the _____ importance to me?

14. I’ve never seen such a big ______ of feet!?

15. If you want to telephone him you will have to ______ the number in the book?

16. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the _____ of your spectacles need changing?

17. He _____ in the doorway in order to light his cigarette?

18. The Alps are one of the best-known mountains ________ in Europe?

19. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down?

20. What he described as a ______ detail I thought was the most important part of the plan?

21. Peter begged his neighbour to ______ him five pounds until the weekend?

22. The funeral will be _____, and only members of the dead man’s family will attend?

23. She is leaving her husband because she cannot ______ his bad temper any longer?

24. As he was ill, he had to ______ the party?

25. When I applied for my passport to be renewed, I had to send a ______ photograph?

26. Car insurance usually _____ the car when it is being repaired by a garage?

27. Police officers working on the murder have ______ hundreds of families?

28. He will probably be awarded a Nobel prize on account of his _______ achievements in physics?

29. If you don’t mind, I should like to ______ a suggestion?

30. With its expensive furniture and carefully-chosen colour scheme the room looked quite _______ ?

31. I shouldn’t consult that man in the market place; he isn’t a qualified doctor although he pretends to be, he’s a ______?

32. She came to England for a year in order to ______ the language?

33. If the boy had ______ the dog alone it wouldn’t have bitten him?

34. Can you possibly make ______ what he has written her?

35. The peoples of the African interior began to ______ gold in exchange for the goods they needed from abroad?

36. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident: I believe it was done __________?

37. The shoes fitted her _______?

38. He is paving the garden _____ with flat stones of various shapes?

39. There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly?

40. Children _______ good food if they are to be healthy?

41. After a lot of difficulty, he _____ to open the door?

42. He told me he had been offered a very well-paid _____ abroad?

43. Are you going to attend Dr Barker’s ______ on “Brain Electronics” tomorrow?

44. This blue door was _____ painted green?

45. Spanish is the ______ language of most Spaniards?

46. The children played in the park while their mother _______?

47. The castle was surrounded by a _______, which nowadays contained only occasional rainwater?

48. My employer’s ______ of my work does not matter to me at all?

49. His landlady gave him a week’s ______ to leave the flat?

50. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ________ her place?

51. I bumped my head on the doorpost and now a _____ has come up?

52. Trains stop here in order to ______ passengers only?

53. When he was at school, he won first ______ for good behaviour?

54. Young children ______ older ones, so older children should be good examples?

55. The final ______ of the play will take place on Monday?

56. His _______ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly?

57. Why are you always so ______ ? You never smile or look cheerful?

58. He stroked his cat’s silky fur and the cat ______ contentedly?

59. Suddenly the crowd _____ and moved back, and the police pushed through?

60. His friend never spoke ill ______ him?

61. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink?

62. ______ to leave early is rarely granted?

63. He asked an artist to ______ some drawings to illustrate what he had written?

64. Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his ______ seemed to change?

65. She tried to ______ out of the window to see the procession more clearly?

66. Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike?

67. Tropical diseases are comparatively _____ in Britain?

68. I washed this dress and the colour _____?

69. The deep pool was so brown and weed-covered that it was almost ______?

70. Excessive smoking is liable to cause ______ cancer?

71. There is _____ that I may have to go into hospital next week?

72. He was pleased to have the _____ to hear such a fine musician play his favourite piece of music?

73. As he had no friends or relatives in the town, the traveller tried to find a _______ somewhere?

74. It takes a lot of ______ to put on a school play such as hamle?

75. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not ______ your visit?

76. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theatre?

77. Their walking-tour through Lapland never came _______?

78. One of the tigers has got ______ . Warn everyone of the danger?

79. Her shoes ______ her gloves; they look very well together?

80. The driver tried to avoid the old lady and his car ______ a lamp post?

81. Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very _____ winter?

82. When we came out of the cinema, it was ______ with rain?

83. After driving for five hours, the driver pulled into ______ for a rest?

84. The workers went on strike because they thought their wages were too _________?

85. After sitting in the sun for too long my skin began to _______?

86. The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term?

87. The next ______ of the committee will take place on Thursday?

88. Will you ______ my essay, please, to find out whether made any mistake?

89. A long line of traffic had to wait at the _____ until the train had passed?

90. The finance minister has not been so _____since he raised taxes to such a high level?

91. He offered to ______ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry?

92. The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus?

93. I was very ______by the nurse’s attitude, it really annoyed me?

94. Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the ______ air?

95. He has left his book here on _______, so that you can read it?

96. He repaired the fence he had broken and made his ______ with the neighbour on whose property it stood?