LEXICO HSG 6

I said Richardson, but I meant Richardson. It was just a ______ of the tongue.

• slip

• mistake

• fault

• lapse

Mike’s tendency towards forgetting things is a ______ joke among his closest friends.

• continuing

• lasting

• constant

• standing

Thousands of newcomers imagine this place to be their EL Dorado where they can easily make a ______ start in life.

• plain

• fresh

• clean

• first

In the novel Zeno's Conscience, Zeno Cosini ________ some events of his life at the insistence of his psychoanalyst.

• comes down with

• looks back on

• gets by with

• drops out of

John first dabbled ______ buying old maps for his collection.

• in

• on

• at

• for

It was Dr. Dalton who______ us how to deal with this complicated example.

• noted

• explained

• interpreted

• instructed

Let me _____ my luck at cards. If I win, I promise to invite you to a posh restaurant.

• have

• try

• put

• view

The old man did not notice it had begun to rain. He was so ______ in feeding the pigeons.

• concentrated

• engrossed

• fascinated

• obsessed

Don’t forget to ______ your clocks _______ by one hour tonight, as it’s the last Saturday in October.

• clear...up

• put ...down

• count ... in

• set.. back

There are five ______ mistakes in this picture. Can you find them and win a prize?

• presumptuous

• intensive

• deliberate

• instrumental