Destination C1/C2: Unit 22

Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further ... the problem of traffic congestion.

• surpassed

• aggravated

• outclassed

• wrecked

(n) Meaning: a mark on something that spoils its appearance

• optimum

• auction

• chaos

• blemish

A good comedian needs to have a(n) ... sense of timing.

• stale

• shoddy

• exquisite 

• rusty

Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely ... whenever I talk to her about it.

• ideal

• inadequate 

• defective

• worthless

His time for the 100 metres ... the previous world record by one hundredth of a second.

• refurbished

• surpassed

• strengthened

• suppressed

Sugar makes your teeth ... .

• rusty

• decay

• devastate

• priceless

You'll have to ... up on your general knowledge before you go on that quiz show.

• brush

• write

• stand

• make

The car was so badly damaged it had to be ... off.

• run

• messed

• written

• made

One of the poems particularly ... out due to its interesting use of imagery.

• checks

• stands

• smartens

• touches

If attendance doesn't ... up soon, the play will probably have to close.

• scrape

• liven

• pick

• paper