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WorksheetsC1 Advanced Vocabulary 5
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
To influence someone so that they do or think something wrong - His parents were worried that his friends would _____ and start doing drugs.
leave him awry
lead him astray
let him wrong
lead him away
not make someone angry with you - I would stay on the _____ of Professor Dan, he will give you a bad grade if you upset him.
right side
better half
positive humour
good sense
Relating to something - Do you have something in the ______ sports shoes?
style of
kind of
manner of
way of
An ability to sense or find something - They really have ____ for the best place to buy phones.
a sense
a way
a nose
a hand
Accept and deal with something - She had to _______ the fact that she would never win.
stand up to
final down with
face up to
get down with
Something to say when an event may not happen - The price of gas might come down, but don´t ______.
hold your breath
stop breathing
catch your breath
breathe lightly
Make plans on something that may or may not ever happen - They are a strong team, but don´t ___ _____. They could still lose.
catch your chickens before you see them
collect the chicken´s eggs too soon
count your chickens before you sell
count your chickens before they hatch
a job that has benefits for others - I think teaching is a very w_____ occupation.
worthy
worthwhile
wealthy
wearysome
a series of exercises to make your body strong and healthy - He does a daily ______ at the gym.
work
routine
job
workout
to be careful about what you say and do - You’ll be thrown out of college if you don’t _____.
take warning
take care
watch your step
be aware
to take legal action against someone - She’s threatening to take me_______ for not paying the bill on time.
to court
to jail
to prison
to lawyers
a powerful flow of water in the sea or in a river - The ______ swept the man out to sea.
severe stream
strong current
powerful flow
swift pull
a feeling of pride when you were able to do something successfully - I had a real ______ when I passed my driving test.
sensation of gain
feeling of shame
pride of accomplishment
sense of achievement
to press down on the pedal that makes a car go more quickly - I saw the time and ________ on the accelerator.
put effort
push highly
put my foot down
press up
unwilling to accept ideas or opinions that are different from yours - The people here are very _____.
shallow
narrow-minded
easy-going
critical
to hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to - Let’s _____ that it doesn’t rain.
hold our desires
set our optimism
put our hopes at
keep our fingers crossed
to listen carefully for something - We still keep our _____ for intruders.
ears perked
ears awake
ears open
ears pricked
as an answer to - I am writing in _____ your letter.
return of
response to
replay from
reaction for
to have vivid memories of an unpleasant experience - I still have _____ to the car accident we had.
dreams
rememberances
flashbacks
visions
someone whose job is to stop fires burning - More than twenty _____ battled the blaze.
firefighters
firemen
fire officer
fire police
organisations dealing with urgent problems like fire, illness, or crime - The _____ were on standby as the plane landed.
help line
ambulance
emergency services
alert service
to meet someone when you have not planned to meet them - I _____ an old school friend in town today.
crossed with
bumped into
met up with
happened with
to be unable to decide about something - I’m in ______ going to see that film as it’s had mixed reviews.
in different thoughts of
in two minds about
in both hands with
in separate sides of
as soon as the sun starts to rise - We will have to get up at ______ tomorrow.
first light
early rise
cracked dawn
twilight
