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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 17:05Unit 5 A cold welcome
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Help Out Unexpected Destitute To Put Someone Down For To Afford
Idle To Be Badly Off To Decrease Useless To Resume To Improve
If you cannot ______________ something, you do not have enough money to pay for it. Example: We couldn't _______________ to buy a new rug.If someone or something __________________s you an opportunity or protection, they give it to you. (FORMAL)
Example: This ____________s us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change.
If you ____________ someone ___________ you help them by doing some work for them or by lending them some money. Examples: I ___________ __________ with the secretarial work. All these presents came to more money than I had, and my mother had to _________ me ____________.
If an event or someone's behaviour is_______________, it surprises you because you did not think that it was likely to happen. Example: He made a brief, _______________ appearance at the office. ________________dly Example: The Indians came out ____________________, catching the soldiers off-guard.
Someone who is _____________ has no money or possessions. (FORMAL) Example ... ________________ children who live on the streets.
If you are ___________ ___________ (worse off) , you are in a bad situation. Example:
The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too____________ _____________. If you are _____________ ________, you do not have much money. Example: It is outrageous that people doing well-paid jobs should moan about how ___________ ___________ they are.
If you __________ ____________ ____________ __________ something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing. Example:
___________ ___________ ____________ ___________ a `yes' vote.
If people who were working are _____________, they have no jobs or work. Example:
Employees have been ______________ almost a month because of shortages. * busy
If you say that someone is ________________ you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. Example: ...______________bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers... = lazy If you _____________, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular. Example: When they reached his house, Scobie _______________ed a bit, finishing his cigarette.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Help Out Unexpected Destitute To Put Someone Down For To Afford
Idle To Be Badly Off To Decrease Useless To Resume To Improve
If you ______________ an activity or if it _____________s, it begins again. (FORMAL)
Example: The search is expected to _____________ early today.
= recommence resumption It is premature to speculate about the ___________________ of negotiations. If someone _______________s, they begin speaking again after they have stopped for a short time. (WRITTEN) Example: `Hey, Judith,' he _________________d, `tell me all about yourself.'
If something _______________s or if you __________________ it, it gets better. Examples:
Within a month, both the texture and condition of your hair should _________________.
Time won't __________________ the situation. If a skill you have _______________s or you _____________ a skill, you get better at it. Example: Their French has __________________ed enormously. If you __________________ after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger. He had ________________d so much the doctor had cut his dosage. = recover If you ________________ on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result. Example: We need to ________________on our performance against France.
If something is _______________, you cannot use it. Examples: He realised that their money was ___________ in this country. Computers would be ____________ without software writers.* useful If something is ____________ it does not achieve anything helpful or good.
Example: She knew it was _____________ to protest. = pointless
If you say that someone or something is ______________ you mean that they are no good at all. (INFORMAL) He was _______________ at any game with a ball. = hopeless
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Help Out Unexpected Destitute To Put Someone Down For To Afford
Idle To Be Badly Off To Decrease Useless To Resume To Improve
If you cannot ______________ something, you do not have enough money to pay for it. Example: We couldn't _______________ to buy a new rug.If someone or something __________________s you an opportunity or protection, they give it to you. (FORMAL)
Example: This ____________s us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change.
If you ____________ someone ___________ you help them by doing some work for them or by lending them some money. Examples: I ___________ __________ with the secretarial work. All these presents came to more money than I had, and my mother had to _________ me ____________.
If an event or someone's behaviour is_______________, it surprises you because you did not think that it was likely to happen. Example: He made a brief, _______________ appearance at the office. ________________dly Example: The Indians came out ____________________, catching the soldiers off-guard.
Someone who is _____________ has no money or possessions. (FORMAL) Example ... ________________ children who live on the streets.
If you are ___________ ___________ (worse off) , you are in a bad situation. Example:
The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too____________ _____________. If you are _____________ ________, you do not have much money. Example: It is outrageous that people doing well-paid jobs should moan about how ___________ ___________ they are.
If you __________ ____________ ____________ __________ something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing. Example:
___________ ___________ ____________ ___________ a `yes' vote.
If people who were working are _____________, they have no jobs or work. Example:
Employees have been ______________ almost a month because of shortages. * busy
If you say that someone is ________________ you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. Example: ...______________bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers... = lazy If you _____________, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular. Example: When they reached his house, Scobie _______________ed a bit, finishing his cigarette.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Help Out Unexpected Destitute To Put Someone Down For To Afford
Idle To Be Badly Off To Decrease Useless To Resume To Improve
If you ______________ an activity or if it _____________s, it begins again. (FORMAL)
Example: The search is expected to _____________ early today.
= recommence resumption It is premature to speculate about the ___________________ of negotiations. If someone _______________s, they begin speaking again after they have stopped for a short time. (WRITTEN) Example: `Hey, Judith,' he _________________d, `tell me all about yourself.'
If something _______________s or if you __________________ it, it gets better. Examples:
Within a month, both the texture and condition of your hair should _________________.
Time won't __________________ the situation. If a skill you have _______________s or you _____________ a skill, you get better at it. Example: Their French has __________________ed enormously. If you __________________ after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger. He had ________________d so much the doctor had cut his dosage. = recover If you ________________ on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result. Example: We need to ________________on our performance against France.
If something is _______________, you cannot use it. Examples: He realised that their money was ___________ in this country. Computers would be ____________ without software writers.* useful If something is ____________ it does not achieve anything helpful or good.
Example: She knew it was _____________ to protest. = pointless
If you say that someone or something is ______________ you mean that they are no good at all. (INFORMAL) He was _______________ at any game with a ball. = hopeless