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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 17:16Unit 8 Superman and me
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Recall Issue Plot Wage Pay-check Purpose To Ache
To Struggle Odd Dull To Duck To Slug To Recess
Assignment Powwow Mall
Someone's ____________s are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. Example: His _____________s have gone up.If a person, group, or country _____________s a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time. Example: The government, along with the three factions that had been____________ing a civil war, signed a peace agreement.,= engage in
The ______________ of something is the reason for which it is made or done. Example:
The _______________ of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies. Your _______________ is the thing that you want to achieve. His ____________ was to make a profit by improving the company's performance. = aim, objective If you do something on ________________you do it intentionally. Was it an accident or did David do it ________ ______________? = intentionally * by mistake
When you something, you remember it and tell others about it.Example:Henderson _______________ed that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington.
= remember
If you ___________or a part of your body _______________s, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain. Example: My leg is giving me much less pain but still ______________s when I sit down. An _____________ is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body. Examples:
Back___________, head__________, heart_________, stomach ___________.
An _____________ is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
Examples: Agents will raise the ___________ of prize-money for next year's world championships. A key _____________ for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.= subject, matter
A ______________ is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government. Example: Security forces have uncovered a _____________ to overthrow the government. = conspiracy If people ___________to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.Example:
The military were _______________ting a coup.
Your ___________ ___________is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use _________ ___________ as a way of referring to your wages or salary. Example: They've worked for about two weeks without a ___-__________ (Bri Pay cheque)
.
If you _______________ to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. Example: They had to _______________ against all kinds of adversity.Also a noun. He died in a _______________ with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
When formal meetings or court cases ______________, they stop temporarily. (FORMAL)
Example: The hearings have now _____________ed for dinner.
If you describe someone or something as _____________, you think that they are strange or unusual. Example: He'd always been ____________, but not to this extent. = peculiar, queer You use _____________ after a number to indicate that it is only approximate. (INFORMAL)
Example: How many pages was it, 500 ____________?. ______________ numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two. Example: The _____________numbers are on the left as you walk up the street. * even
If you ____________, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. Example: He ___________ed in time to save his head from a blow from the poker. If you ____________something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Example: Hans deftly ______________ed their blows. = dodge You say that someone ______________s a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. (INFORMAL) Example:
The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ____________ed all the difficult decisions.
= shirk
If you describe someone or something as ____________, you mean they are not interesting or exciting. Example: They are both nice people but can be rather _______________.
A __________________is a very large enclosed shopping area.
If you ______________someone, you hit them hard. (INFORMAL) Example: She ___________ged her right in the face. If two or more people ______________it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or has their ideas and wishes accepted.
Four candidates are ____________ging ______ _________ in a dirty campaign. A _____________ is a small slow-moving creature with a long soft body and no legs, like a snail without a shell.
An _______________ is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies. Example: The assessment for the course involves written ___________________s and practical tests.
A _______________________________ is a meeting or conference of Native Americans.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To Recall Issue Plot Wage Pay-check Purpose To Ache
To Struggle Odd Dull To Duck To Slug To Recess
Assignment Powwow Mall
Someone's ____________s are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. Example: His _____________s have gone up.If a person, group, or country _____________s a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time. Example: The government, along with the three factions that had been____________ing a civil war, signed a peace agreement.,= engage in
The ______________ of something is the reason for which it is made or done. Example:
The _______________ of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies. Your _______________ is the thing that you want to achieve. His ____________ was to make a profit by improving the company's performance. = aim, objective If you do something on ________________you do it intentionally. Was it an accident or did David do it ________ ______________? = intentionally * by mistake
When you something, you remember it and tell others about it.Example:Henderson _______________ed that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington.
= remember
If you ___________or a part of your body _______________s, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain. Example: My leg is giving me much less pain but still ______________s when I sit down. An _____________ is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body. Examples:
Back___________, head__________, heart_________, stomach ___________.
An _____________ is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
Examples: Agents will raise the ___________ of prize-money for next year's world championships. A key _____________ for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.= subject, matter
A ______________ is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government. Example: Security forces have uncovered a _____________ to overthrow the government. = conspiracy If people ___________to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.Example:
The military were _______________ting a coup.
Your ___________ ___________is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use _________ ___________ as a way of referring to your wages or salary. Example: They've worked for about two weeks without a ___-__________ (Bri Pay cheque)
.
If you _______________ to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. Example: They had to _______________ against all kinds of adversity.Also a noun. He died in a _______________ with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
When formal meetings or court cases ______________, they stop temporarily. (FORMAL)
Example: The hearings have now _____________ed for dinner.
If you describe someone or something as _____________, you think that they are strange or unusual. Example: He'd always been ____________, but not to this extent. = peculiar, queer You use _____________ after a number to indicate that it is only approximate. (INFORMAL)
Example: How many pages was it, 500 ____________?. ______________ numbers, such as 3 and 17, are those which cannot be divided exactly by the number two. Example: The _____________numbers are on the left as you walk up the street. * even
If you ____________, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. Example: He ___________ed in time to save his head from a blow from the poker. If you ____________something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Example: Hans deftly ______________ed their blows. = dodge You say that someone ______________s a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. (INFORMAL) Example:
The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ____________ed all the difficult decisions.
= shirk
If you describe someone or something as ____________, you mean they are not interesting or exciting. Example: They are both nice people but can be rather _______________.
A __________________is a very large enclosed shopping area.
If you ______________someone, you hit them hard. (INFORMAL) Example: She ___________ged her right in the face. If two or more people ______________it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or has their ideas and wishes accepted.
Four candidates are ____________ging ______ _________ in a dirty campaign. A _____________ is a small slow-moving creature with a long soft body and no legs, like a snail without a shell.
An _______________ is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies. Example: The assessment for the course involves written ___________________s and practical tests.
A _______________________________ is a meeting or conference of Native Americans.