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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 20:16Unit 4 This won’t hurt your bank balance
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Balance Acute To Demand Shortage To Stem Surrogacy To Put Up With
Prognosis Ethical Hypocrisy Reward Self-governing Geopolitics Evidence
If you _______________ something such as information or action, you ask for it in a very forceful way. Examples :Mr Byers last night _____________ed an immediate explanation from the Education Secretary. The hijackers are _____________ding to speak to representatives of both governments
To _______________ somewhere means to remain steady and not fall over. Example:
I balanced on the ledge. = equilibrium * imbalance
If you say that the _____________ tips in your favour, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest. Example : ...a powerful new gun which could tip the_____ of the war in their favour... If someone __________s their budget or if a government _______________s the economy of a country, they make sure that the amount of money that is spent is not greater than the amount that is received. Example : He ____________ed his
If a condition or problem ___________ s from something, it was caused originally by that thing. Examples : All my problems ___________ from drink. Much of the instability __________s from the economic effects of the war. If you _____________ something, you stop it spreading, increasing, or continuing. Examples :Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to ___________ the flow of illegal immigrants. The authorities seem powerless to __________ the rising tide of violence. He was still conscious, trying to ___________the bleeding with his right hand. The ___________of a plant is the thin, upright part on which the flowers and leaves grow.
Example :He stooped down, cut the __________ for her with his knife and handed her the flower. = stalk
If there is a ____________of something, there is not enough of it. Examples : A __________ of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief. Vietnam is suffering from food _______.
There's no _____________ of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children
You can use ____________ to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. Example : The war has aggravated an ___________ economic crisis. = severe
An ___________illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.
Example : ...a patient with __________ rheumatoid arthritis.If you say that someone is __________ or has an ___________ mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly. Examples : Into her nineties, her thinking remained____________ and her character forceful. His relaxed exterior hides an extremely ___________ mind. = keen, perceptive Everything he writes demonstrates the _____________ness of his intelligence.
If you ______ ________ __________something, you tolerate or accept it, even though you find it unpleasant or unsatisfactory. Example : They had _______ ____ ____ behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else. = tolerate, endure
_______________ is an arrangement by which a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of a woman who is physically unable to have babies herself, and then gives the baby to her.
Example : In this country it is illegal to pay for_____________.
______________ means relating to beliefs about right and wrong. Examples : ...the moral and____________ standards in the school. ...the medical, nursing and ___________ issues surrounding terminally-ill people.
If you accuse someone of _____________, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. Examples :He accused newspapers of______________ in their treatment of the story. ...the _______________es of middle-class provincial life. * sincerity
A _____________ is an estimate of the future of someone or something, especially about whether a patient will recover from an illness. Examples : The hospital physiotherapist's _________________ was that Laurence might walk within 12 months. ...a gloomy ____________of the Scots' championship prospects.
A ____________is something that you are given, for example because you have behaved well, worked hard, or provided a service to the community. Examples :A bonus of up to 5 per cent can be added to a pupil's final exam marks as a ____________ for good spelling, punctuation and grammar. He was given the job as a____________ for running a successful leadership bid. A ___________ is a sum of money offered to anyone who can give information about lost or stolen property or about someone who is wanted by the police.
Example : The firm last night offered a s10,000 _____________ for information leading to the conviction of the killer. If you do something and are __________ed with a particular benefit, you receive that benefit as a result of doing that thing. Example : Make the extra effort to impress the buyer and you will be ____________ed with a quicker sale at a better price.
_______________ is concerned with politics and the way that geography affects politics or relations between countries. Example : ...the shifting ________________ of the post-cold-war era have changed the thinking behind aid.
A ____________ - _________________ region or organization is governed or run by its own people rather than by the people of another region or organization. Examples : ...a _______f-__________ province... The local hospital was one of the first to apply to become _________- ______________. = self-rule
________________ is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened. Examples : There is a lot of ____________ that stress is partly responsible for disease. To date there is no ___________ to support this theory. ____________ is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Examples : The_____________ against him was purely circumstantial.
...enough _____________ for a successful prosecution.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Balance Acute To Demand Shortage To Stem Surrogacy To Put Up With
Prognosis Ethical Hypocrisy Reward Self-governing Geopolitics Evidence
If you _______________ something such as information or action, you ask for it in a very forceful way. Examples :Mr Byers last night _____________ed an immediate explanation from the Education Secretary. The hijackers are _____________ding to speak to representatives of both governments
To _______________ somewhere means to remain steady and not fall over. Example:
I balanced on the ledge. = equilibrium * imbalance
If you say that the _____________ tips in your favour, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest. Example : ...a powerful new gun which could tip the_____ of the war in their favour... If someone __________s their budget or if a government _______________s the economy of a country, they make sure that the amount of money that is spent is not greater than the amount that is received. Example : He ____________ed his
If a condition or problem ___________ s from something, it was caused originally by that thing. Examples : All my problems ___________ from drink. Much of the instability __________s from the economic effects of the war. If you _____________ something, you stop it spreading, increasing, or continuing. Examples :Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to ___________ the flow of illegal immigrants. The authorities seem powerless to __________ the rising tide of violence. He was still conscious, trying to ___________the bleeding with his right hand. The ___________of a plant is the thin, upright part on which the flowers and leaves grow.
Example :He stooped down, cut the __________ for her with his knife and handed her the flower. = stalk
If there is a ____________of something, there is not enough of it. Examples : A __________ of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief. Vietnam is suffering from food _______.
There's no _____________ of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children
You can use ____________ to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. Example : The war has aggravated an ___________ economic crisis. = severe
An ___________illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.
Example : ...a patient with __________ rheumatoid arthritis.If you say that someone is __________ or has an ___________ mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly. Examples : Into her nineties, her thinking remained____________ and her character forceful. His relaxed exterior hides an extremely ___________ mind. = keen, perceptive Everything he writes demonstrates the _____________ness of his intelligence.
If you ______ ________ __________something, you tolerate or accept it, even though you find it unpleasant or unsatisfactory. Example : They had _______ ____ ____ behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else. = tolerate, endure
_______________ is an arrangement by which a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of a woman who is physically unable to have babies herself, and then gives the baby to her.
Example : In this country it is illegal to pay for_____________.
______________ means relating to beliefs about right and wrong. Examples : ...the moral and____________ standards in the school. ...the medical, nursing and ___________ issues surrounding terminally-ill people.
If you accuse someone of _____________, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. Examples :He accused newspapers of______________ in their treatment of the story. ...the _______________es of middle-class provincial life. * sincerity
A _____________ is an estimate of the future of someone or something, especially about whether a patient will recover from an illness. Examples : The hospital physiotherapist's _________________ was that Laurence might walk within 12 months. ...a gloomy ____________of the Scots' championship prospects.
A ____________is something that you are given, for example because you have behaved well, worked hard, or provided a service to the community. Examples :A bonus of up to 5 per cent can be added to a pupil's final exam marks as a ____________ for good spelling, punctuation and grammar. He was given the job as a____________ for running a successful leadership bid. A ___________ is a sum of money offered to anyone who can give information about lost or stolen property or about someone who is wanted by the police.
Example : The firm last night offered a s10,000 _____________ for information leading to the conviction of the killer. If you do something and are __________ed with a particular benefit, you receive that benefit as a result of doing that thing. Example : Make the extra effort to impress the buyer and you will be ____________ed with a quicker sale at a better price.
_______________ is concerned with politics and the way that geography affects politics or relations between countries. Example : ...the shifting ________________ of the post-cold-war era have changed the thinking behind aid.
A ____________ - _________________ region or organization is governed or run by its own people rather than by the people of another region or organization. Examples : ...a _______f-__________ province... The local hospital was one of the first to apply to become _________- ______________. = self-rule
________________ is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened. Examples : There is a lot of ____________ that stress is partly responsible for disease. To date there is no ___________ to support this theory. ____________ is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Examples : The_____________ against him was purely circumstantial.
...enough _____________ for a successful prosecution.