Advanced Unit 2

A weak story, tepid characters, a confusion of plots and, to ___ ___ all, some terrible editing make this one of the worst reads of the month.

(a)  

The new season of Netflix original series "The Crown" has shed ___ ___ the marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

(a)  

As the old saying goes, don't judge a book by its cover. (a)   someone by appearance is not OK.

Trump’s harsh tweets were the cherry ___ ___ of dysfunctional Islam negotiations.

(a)  

I don’t (a)   as a people person, and that’s true, I’m actually suffering from a certain degree of social anxiety and I’m petrified of meeting people.

I wonder how I come (a)   to people when they see me for the first time.

I fail to keep a ___ ___ in any stressful situation, I’m prone to panic and exaggerate.

(a)  

I sometimes ___ ___ feeling that no matter how hard and deep I will work on my childhood and youth traumas, I’ll never be able to ease the intensity of their impact on my behaviour and my perception of myself.

(a)  

The CEO suspected that one of his employees was doing some ___ ___ behing his back.

(a)  

A cynical businesswoman wasn't surprised to find out that her collegues constantly ___ ___ her back.

(a)