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badge
caress
dish up, to
exhilarating
scorcher
scorn
soak up, to
splenetic
utter, to
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a) "With all the bad luck they have been having recently, Jerry and Edgar still haven't lost
their sense of humor." "Yeah, they ____________________ everything
_______________.
b) A Congressman is being sued for ____________________ driving.
c) Did you hear the latest news? Gladys had another bad argument with the supervisor.
She ____________________ getting fired.
d) He put the coin in the _______________ and the music started again.
e) If it were not for his ____________________, you would never know he was from the
south.
f) I've never seen Todd ____________________ at anyone like that before.
g) Passengers may go _______________ in Salvador and do some shopping.
h) We mustn't let the other team get the ____________________.
3. WHATS THE FOLLOWING?
a) Expression used to show that what has just been said is false or untrue: _ _
b) To be carried along by or by currents of air or water: _ _ _ _ _
c) To spread with sticky, greasy, or dirty substance: _ _ _ _ _
____
d) ____________________ means to say openly and without delay what one is thinking
or worrying about.
e) Why dont you stop behaving like a ____________________ and get this place
cleaned up?
f) Thats incredible! After a scorching day like this, Nelly has no
____________________.
g) In September 1975, ____________________ in northeastern India made 233,000
people homeless.
5. UNDERLINE THE
SENTENCES:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
ITEM
THAT
BEST
COMPLETES
THE
FOLLOWING
Anyway/Any way, Ive got to go. Ill see you tonight then.
Dont forget to come/bring/go your LCP book next class, Mike.
It was an anxious/eager wait for the results of our exams.
My doctor has forbidden/prohibited me to/from eat(ing) sugar.
Replace/substitute margarine for butter.
We werent all together/altogether surprised when he arrived late.
When you have a cold you often lose your sense of flavor/taste.
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Edited by Ana Paula C. Zerrener & Fernanda Adati