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The young singer's performance brought the ______down; the applause lasted for about ten minutes.

• dust

• house

• sweep

The Court's decision is yet another European nail in the ____ of British liberties.

(an event, decision etc., that can lead to the failure)

• occasion

• heart

• coffin

Judging by all that noise coming from my car, I'm pretty sure it's about to bite the____.

(die, fail, or be defeated)

• dust

• nail

• feather

To help him over his ordeal she has bought him the mountain bike he had set his ___ on.

(want to get or achieve something very much9

• heart

• coffin

• flying

My wife drew a _____ when we were getting interviewed at my son's school. I hope that he gets in now.

(fail to find something that you are looking for)

• dust

• blank

• feather

Ann will have one more____ in her cap after she has finished this incredibly difficult assignment.

(an achievement to be proud of)

• feather

• dust

• colour

Certainly it is a very poor play - but what a challenge for the actors and how well they rose to the _____.

(perform better than usual in response to a special situation)

• house

• sweep

• occasion

His first experiment was a blind____, but the second one gave him very promising results

(​a course of action leading nowhere)

• alley

• coffin

• occasion

In an effort to save the firm, the board of directors is making a clean _____ of all upper management.

(get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted)

• sweep

• flying

• dust