BYV 19 T1P1 Boost Your Vocabulary Cambridge 19-Test 1 Passage 1

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PROFESSIONAL in this sentence: Andy Murray was ranked as the world's number one PROFESSIONAL tennis player.

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expert

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RANK (In 2016, the British professional tennis player Andy Murray was RANKED as the world's number one.)

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Place

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INCREDIBLE
It was an INCREDIBLE achievement by any standard.

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amazing

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ACHIEVEMENT
It was an ACHIEVEMENT achievement by any standard - made even more remarkable by the fact that he did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history.

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Success

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REMARKABLE
It was an incredible achievement by any standard - made even more REMARKABLE by the fact that he did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history.

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extraordinary

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LIKE in the sentence: He did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history, competing against the LIKES of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, to name just a few.

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equal

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PREVIOUSLY
Five years PREVIOUSLY, he had been regarded as a talented outsider who entered but never won the major tournaments.

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Before

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TALENTED in this sentence: Five years previously, he had been regarded as a TALENTED outsider who entered but never won the major tournaments.

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skilled

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TOURNAMENT
Five years previously, he had been regarded as a talented outsider who entered but never won the major TOURNAMENTS.

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competition

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ACCOUNT FOR
The changes that ACCOUNT FOR this transformation

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