Destination C1/C2: Unit 12

The ... of one winning the lottery is hardly worth even considering.

• hazard

• luck

• fortune

• likelihood

I didn't know my guess was going to be right - it was just ... .

• pot luck

• odds

• draw

• gamble

Do you believe in that old ... about not walking under a ladder?

• curse

• misfortune

• uncertainty

• superstition

This government doesn't seem to have a plan and is just reacting to events in a ... manner.

• haphazard

• spontaneous

• freak

• superstitious

Aren't ... people just looking for a way to control things that are really out of their control?

• jinxed

• inadvertent

• odd

• superstitious

(adj) inadvertent

• uncommon

• careless

• very weak

• not intentional

We were walking through the woods when we ... a trap set by hunters.

• chanced upon

• dug up

• split up

• threw out

It's a huge risk, and we can't afford to ... or everything will go wrong.

• come across

• slip up

• spring up

• store up

Isn't it amazing how how quirrels ... nuts to make sure they have enough to eat in the winter?

• die out

• store up

• put down to

• throw up

As I was flicking through the magazine, I ... an article about the local nature reserve.

• came across

• went off

• dug up

• sprung up