Folder 4 Nick’s Diary
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Expect Arcane Custody Ghastly Off- ________(as a preposition or adverb)
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If you describe someone or something as ___________, you mean that you dislike them a lot. (INFORMAL) Examples: a mother accompanied by her ____________ unruly child. a ___________pair of white shoes...
_________________ is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced. Example: I'm going to go to court to get ______________ of the children. Someone who is in ____________ or has been taken into _____________ has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
Example: Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in ____________.
You use ____________ as a preposition or adverb to say that something is removed from an object or surface. Examples: She is suggesting ___- ____________ as a colour The paint was peeling _____________.
If you ________________ something to happen, you believe that it will happen. Example;a council workman who _____________s to lose his job in the next few weeks...
If you are _______________ing something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier. Example: I am ____________ing several important letters but nothing has arrived.
Something that is _____________ is secret or mysterious. (FORMAL) Example: Until a few months ago few people outside the______________ world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki.
If you describe a man's behaviour or appearance as _____________, you approve of it because it shows qualities that are considered typical of a man, such as strength or courage. Example: He set himself _____________ tasks and expected others to follow his example.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Expect Arcane Custody Ghastly Off- ________(as a preposition or adverb)
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If a vehicle _________________es somewhere or if its tyres ______________, its tyres make an unpleasant high-pitched noise on the road. Example: A black Mercedes ___________________ed to a halt beside the helicopter. When you ___________ something, you shout it in a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched voice. Example: `Get me some water, Jeremy!' I _______________ed. = shriek
If equipment or services are _____________ed, they are improved or made more efficient. Examples: Medical facilities are being reorganized and ________________d. _____________ed catering facilities.= improve Also a noun. Example: equipment which needs expensive_____________s.If someone is ______________d, their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money. Example: He was ___________d to security guard.= promote * downgrade
In a computer, the _______________ is the main electronic circuit board to which the microchips that perform important functions are attached.
A _____________ is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb. Example: 250 people were killed in the ___________.If something is ____________ed into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. Example: There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be ____________ed into the atmosphere. To ____________ someone means to shoot them with a gun. (JOURNALISM) Example: A son _____________ed his father to death after a life-time of bullying, a court was told yesterday .If you _____________ something such as a car horn, or if it ___________s, it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something ___________s music, or music ___________s, the music is very loud. Examples:
drivers who do not __________ their horns...Also a noun. Example: The buzzer suddenly responded in a long ________________of sound.
If you describe someone as a ______________, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people. (INFORMAL)
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Expect Arcane Custody Ghastly Off- ________(as a preposition or adverb)
Manly To Screech To Blast Creep Motherboard To Upgrade
If you describe someone or something as ___________, you mean that you dislike them a lot. (INFORMAL) Examples: a mother accompanied by her ____________ unruly child. a ___________pair of white shoes...
_________________ is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced. Example: I'm going to go to court to get ______________ of the children. Someone who is in ____________ or has been taken into _____________ has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
Example: Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in ____________.
You use ____________ as a preposition or adverb to say that something is removed from an object or surface. Examples: She is suggesting ___- ____________ as a colour The paint was peeling _____________.
If you ________________ something to happen, you believe that it will happen. Example;a council workman who _____________s to lose his job in the next few weeks...
If you are _______________ing something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier. Example: I am ____________ing several important letters but nothing has arrived.
Something that is _____________ is secret or mysterious. (FORMAL) Example: Until a few months ago few people outside the______________ world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki.
If you describe a man's behaviour or appearance as _____________, you approve of it because it shows qualities that are considered typical of a man, such as strength or courage. Example: He set himself _____________ tasks and expected others to follow his example.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Expect Arcane Custody Ghastly Off- ________(as a preposition or adverb)
Manly To Screech To Blast Creep Motherboard To Upgrade
If a vehicle _________________es somewhere or if its tyres ______________, its tyres make an unpleasant high-pitched noise on the road. Example: A black Mercedes ___________________ed to a halt beside the helicopter. When you ___________ something, you shout it in a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched voice. Example: `Get me some water, Jeremy!' I _______________ed. = shriek
If equipment or services are _____________ed, they are improved or made more efficient. Examples: Medical facilities are being reorganized and ________________d. _____________ed catering facilities.= improve Also a noun. Example: equipment which needs expensive_____________s.If someone is ______________d, their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money. Example: He was ___________d to security guard.= promote * downgrade
In a computer, the _______________ is the main electronic circuit board to which the microchips that perform important functions are attached.
A _____________ is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb. Example: 250 people were killed in the ___________.If something is ____________ed into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. Example: There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be ____________ed into the atmosphere. To ____________ someone means to shoot them with a gun. (JOURNALISM) Example: A son _____________ed his father to death after a life-time of bullying, a court was told yesterday .If you _____________ something such as a car horn, or if it ___________s, it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something ___________s music, or music ___________s, the music is very loud. Examples:
drivers who do not __________ their horns...Also a noun. Example: The buzzer suddenly responded in a long ________________of sound.
If you describe someone as a ______________, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people. (INFORMAL)