EXAM PRACTICE REVISION CPE

I'm sure her teasing behaviour is a ………………..compliment

• clear-headed

• backhanded

• mind-blowing

You have to go through hard ………………..to succeed in this kind of business

• grind

• push

• pull

The novel unfolds against a ……….of war

• scene

• back

• backdrop

He doesn't usually make such offers, I'd ………………………...

• tak the land of opportunitity

• knock on it

• strike the iron while it is hot

At last, I ……………………...on him to buy the new car.

• pervaded

• prevailed

• laboured

During his childhood he was ………………..to a lot of suffering.

• subjugated

• subverted

• subjected

There's not even a …………………..of truth in his tale.

• grain

• gust

• touch

Tourists………………..to these beaches, they are marvellous

• throng

• flock

• trickle

There's a ………………...of nostalgia in her speech.

• touch

• dash

• spot

Let's stop ……………………...about the issue and make up our minds!

• having designs

• taking the rough with the smooth

• toing and froing