Unit 4 Life is more than a moment
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Attend To Overhear To Shift Bring Out A Wrong Awkward
When a person or company ____________s ___________a new product, especially a new book or record, they produce it and put it on sale. A journalist all his life, he's now ___________ _____________ (past) a book. Something that ___________ s __________
a particular kind of behaviour or feeling in you causes you to show it, especially when it is something you do not normally show. Example: He is totally dedicated and ____________ s _______________ the best in his pupils.
A _______________ is an unfair or immoral action. Example:
The company should not be held liable for the ______________s of one of its agents.
= misdeed If someone ____________s you, they treat you in an unfair way. Example:
She felt she'd been _______________ed If someone says `Two _______________s don't make a right', they mean that you should not do harm to a person who has done harm to you, even if you think that person deserves it.
If you ______________ a meeting or other event, you are present at it. Example:
The meeting will be attended by finance ministers from many countries.
If you _____________to something, you deal with it. If you _____________ to someone who is hurt or injured, you care for them. Examples: The staff will helpfully ______________ to your needs. There are more pressing matters to be__________________ed to today.
If you _____________ someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening. Examples I ____________ (past) two doctors discussing my case. ...snatches of ________________ (past) conversation.
If you ____________________something or if it ___________s, it moves slightly.
Example: The entire pile ___________ed and slid, thumping onto the floor.
Also a noun. Examples: ..a ___________ in government policy. ...the ____________ in opinion away from the Prime Minister. If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work _____________s, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a ____________ You can also use ______________to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. Example: His father worked _______________s in a steel mill. ...workers coming home from the afternoon __________________..
An _____________ situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with. Example: I was the first to ask him _____________questions but there'll be harder ones to come.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Attend To Overhear To Shift Bring Out A Wrong Awkward
When a person or company ____________s ___________a new product, especially a new book or record, they produce it and put it on sale. A journalist all his life, he's now ___________ _____________ (past) a book. Something that ___________ s __________
a particular kind of behaviour or feeling in you causes you to show it, especially when it is something you do not normally show. Example: He is totally dedicated and ____________ s _______________ the best in his pupils.
A _______________ is an unfair or immoral action. Example:
The company should not be held liable for the ______________s of one of its agents.
= misdeed If someone ____________s you, they treat you in an unfair way. Example:
She felt she'd been _______________ed If someone says `Two _______________s don't make a right', they mean that you should not do harm to a person who has done harm to you, even if you think that person deserves it.
If you ______________ a meeting or other event, you are present at it. Example:
The meeting will be attended by finance ministers from many countries.
If you _____________to something, you deal with it. If you _____________ to someone who is hurt or injured, you care for them. Examples: The staff will helpfully ______________ to your needs. There are more pressing matters to be__________________ed to today.
If you _____________ someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening. Examples I ____________ (past) two doctors discussing my case. ...snatches of ________________ (past) conversation.
If you ____________________something or if it ___________s, it moves slightly.
Example: The entire pile ___________ed and slid, thumping onto the floor.
Also a noun. Examples: ..a ___________ in government policy. ...the ____________ in opinion away from the Prime Minister. If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work _____________s, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a ____________ You can also use ______________to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. Example: His father worked _______________s in a steel mill. ...workers coming home from the afternoon __________________..
An _____________ situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with. Example: I was the first to ask him _____________questions but there'll be harder ones to come.