Từ vựng – Bài 9

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The office lifts are out of ______ again?

8. His friend never spoke ill ______ him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. ______ to leave early is rarely granted?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Excessive smoking is liable to cause ______ cancer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53. I washed this dress and the colour _____?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

64. The shoes fitted her _______?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

75. Spanish is the ______ language of most Spaniards?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

87. This blue door was _____ painted green?

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

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

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

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

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

93. Tropical diseases are comparatively _____ in Britain?

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

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

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