Unit 4 - Changes: Vocabulary

They arrived home an hour late, after following a tortuous route through the backstreets.

• A natural talent.

• Full of twists and turns.

• Positive and encouraging.

• Long and drawn-out.

Though undeniably talented, he was regarded as out of step with other artists of his era.

• Wanting to control the behaviour of others.

• Misery and pain.

• A ruthless determaination to win.

• Not sharing the same ideas or attitude.

Despite her gift for languages, she struggled to learn Hungarian.

• A natural talent.

• A ruthless determination to win.

• A present or something that is given.

• A place where people change for sport.

The story is ultimately very uplifting, despite the tragic events at the start.

• Long and drawn-out.

• Wanting to control the behaviour of others.

• Positive and encouraging.

• Esily influenced or impressed.

When he wants to get away from it all, he spends a week at his parents' ranch in Oregon.

• a large area of land with grass and trees, so that people can walk in it for pleasure.

• A very large farm, especially in the US.

• A place where children go to be educated.

• A place where stamps are sold and from where letters and parcels are sent.

I was offered a stark choice: accept a reduction in pay or lose my job completely.

• Blunt and simple.

• Close to death.

• Long and drawn-out.

• Misery and pain.

As she talked about the loss of her beloved pet, she tried to disguise her anguish.

• Comprehention.

• Disagreement.

• Close to death.

• Misery and pain.

After protracted negotiations, the two organizations agreed to merge.

• Short and concise.

• Capable of being taken from one situation and used in another.

• Long and drawn-out.

• A career or occupation that you are destined to follow.

Although she was leading 5-3, her lack of killer instinct cost her the set.

• A regressive defeat.

• A ruthless determination to win.

• Obstacles that are too difficult to solve.

• Victory comes from cheating.

My father lost touch with his father and didn't realize that the old man was terminally ill until it was too late.

• Close to death.

• Close to win.

• Close to be sorry.

• Close friends.