Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. generously
2. conditions
3. teenage
4. flapped
5. crayon

1. He was driving much too fast for the foggy _____.
2. The notice was written in _____.
3. The elephant _____ its ears.
4. The place was full of giggling _____ girls.
5. Please give _____.

Answer key
1. conditions
2. crayon
3. flapped
4. teenage
5. generously

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. pierced
2. pile
3. perched
4. cheerful
5. generous

1. Her sunglasses were _____ on her head.
2. She's had her ears _____.
3. They have been extremely _____ to the church.
4. He placed the books in a neat _____.
5. You're not your usual _____ self today.

Answer key
1. perched
2. pierced
3. generous
4. pile
5. cheerful

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. heap
2. under lock and key
3. seek
4. amassed
5. aversion

1. _____ help from the Lord.
2. He had an _____ (= strong dislike) to getting up early.
3. I will not rest until the murderer is _____ (= in prison).
4. His clothes lay in a _____ on the floor.
5. He _____ (= accumulated) a fortune from silver mining.

Answer key
1. Seek
2. aversion
3. under lock and key
4. heap
5. amassed

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. burden
2. pawn
3. graze
4. species
5. pleaded

1. The animals tend to _____ in a herd.
2. She _____ (= beg) with him not to go.
3. I don't want to _____ you with my problems.
4. There are about 30 000 _____ of fish in the world.
5. All her jewellery was in _____.

Answer key
1. graze
2. pleaded
3. burden
4. species
5. pawn

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. content
2. comfort zone
3. resistant
4. reputation
5. raft

1. If you stay within your _____ you will never improve.
2. He has the _____ of being a hard worker.
3. She seemed quite _____ with the idea.
4. He has surrounded himself with a _____ (= a large number) of advisers.
5. Some older people are _____ to change.

Answer key
1. comfort zone
2. reputation
3. content
4. raft
5. resistant

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. follow
2. sorrowful
3. consecutive
4. pile up
5. to the full

1. With a _____ (= very sad) sigh she folded the letter and put it away.
2. I've always believed in living life _____ (= to the greatest possible degree).
3. Problems were beginning to _____ (= accumulate).
4. His argument was difficult to _____.
5. She was absent for nine _____ days.

Answer key
1. sorrowful
2. to the full
3. pile up
4. follow
5. consecutive

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.

1. consequence
2. budge
3. probity
4. leaning
5. ban

1. He won't _____ an inch on the issue.
2. A shovel was _____ against the wall.
3. Don't worry. It's of no _____.
4. They introduced a _____ on smoking.
5. He emphasized the importance of moral _____ in governance.

Answer key
1. budge
2. leaning
3. consequence
4. ban
5. probity

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.

1. reduced

2. mixing with

3. turmoil

4. liberality

5. petered out

1. She was not used to _____ people of high social rank.

2. The monarchy hoped their _____ would encourage loyalty.

3. They _____ her to tears (= made her cry, especially by being cruel or unkind).

4. The conversation became strained and eventually _____.

5. His statement threw the court into _____.

Answer key

1. mixing with

2. liberality

3. reduced

4. petered out

5. turmoil

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. evidence
2. struggled
3. leaning
4. lock, stock and barrel
5. puffed up

1. He is all _____ because he has learned a new word.
2. The little donkey _____ under its heavy burden.
3. He sold the business _____ (= including everything).
4. On the _____ of their recent matches, it is unlikely the Spanish team will win the cup.
5. She walked slowly, _____ on her son's arm.

Answer key
1. puffed up
2. struggled
3. lock, stock and barrel
4. evidence
5. leaning

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. shred

2. give an inch
3. lavishes
4. emulate
5. generous

1. Neither side is prepared to _____ in the negotiations.
2. Most rulers wished to _____ Alexander the Great.
3. There is not a _____ of evidence that the meeting actually took place.
4. She's quite _____ with her praise.
5. She _____ most of her attention on her youngest son.

Answer key
1. give an inch
2. emulate
3. shred
4. generous
5. lavishes

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. incisive
2. diminution
3. sedate
4. generous
5. turmoil

1. We followed the youngsters at a more _____ (= unhurried) pace.
2. She hid her inner _____.
3. Her questions were well-formulated and _____ (= insightful).
4. It was _____ of him to offer to pay for us both.
5. Regular exercise can result in a general _____ in stress levels.

Answer key
1. sedate
2. turmoil
3. incisive
4. generous
5. diminution

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.

1. rolled
2. full
3. from
4. ordeal
5. juggle

1. He made little of his _____ (= difficult experience).
2. A tear _____ down his face.
3. Women very often have to _____ (= manage) work with their family commitments.
4. She died _____ injuries.
5. The kids still weren't _____, so I gave them an ice cream each.

Answer key
1. ordeal
2. rolled
3. juggle
4. from
5. full

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. doubled
2. budged
3. atrocities
4. plenty
5. generous

1. Everyone is happier in times of _____.
2. He was not to be _____ on the issue.
3. The boy _____ up with laughter.
4. The car has a _____ (= large) amount of space.
5. There have been fresh allegations of _____ (= shockingly cruel acts).

Answer key
1. plenty
2. budged
3. doubled
4. generous
5. atrocities

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.

1. withstand
2. on the verge of
3. reinforce
4. support
5. probity

1. They have very high standards of financial _____.
2. Most of the audience was _____ (= very close to) tears.
3. Have you any evidence to _____ this allegation?
4. The buildings were reinforced to _____ earthquakes.
5. He used hand gestures to _____ what he was saying.

Answer key
1. probity
2. on the verge of
3. support
4. withstand
5. reinforce

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. moved
2. reticent
3. generosity
4. boycott
5. interceded

1. They _____ with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.
2. How can I repay your _____?
3. The union has called for a _____ of all their goods.
4. He was extremely _____ (=reserved) about his personal life.
5. The government has not _____ on this issue.

Answer key
1. interceded
2. generosity
3. boycott
4. reticent
5. moved

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. emulate
2. flow
3. liberality
4. ill-natured
5. diminution

1. She is not so _____ as she seems.
2. He has his virtues, but _____ is not one of them.
3. Her achievements will be hard to _____.
4. The company suffered a _____ in profits.
5. She lost control and the tears began to _____.

Answer key
1. ill-natured
2. liberality
3. emulate
4. diminution
5. flow

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. hung

2. welled up
3. rift
4. dispersed
5. turmoil

1. The tears _____ (= appeared and started to flow) in his eyes.
2. Her mind was in a _____.
3. Police _____ the protesters with tear gas.
4. Smoke _____ in the air above the city.
5. Efforts to heal the _____ between the two countries have failed.

Answer key
1. welled up
2. turmoil
3. dispersed
4. hung
5. rift

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. vigilant

2. contents
3. spotted
4. retaliate
5. detachment

1. She felt a sense of _____ from what was going on.
2. They threatened to _____ against the British.
3. Fire has caused severe damage to the _____ of the building.
4. The thief was _____ by vigilant neighbours.
5. A pilot must remain _____ at all times.

Answer key
1. detachment
2. retaliate
3. contents
4. spotted
5. vigilant

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. hanging out
2. icon
3. douse
4. undermine
5. suspended

1. She is, undeniably, a fashion _____.
2. Firefighters had to _____ the blaze.
3. The dog's tongue was _____.
4. Her body was found _____ by a rope.
5. The director saw this move as an attempt to _____ his authority.

Answer key
1. icon
2. douse
3. hanging out
4. suspended
5. undermine

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. eroded
2. plunged
3. foundered
3. toxic
5. rift

1. This chemical is _____ to many forms of life.
2. She _____ straight into her story.
3. The _____ (=division) within the party deepened.
4. Her confidence has been slowly _____ by repeated failures.
5. The project _____ (= fail) after problems with funding.

Answer key
1. toxic
2. plunged
3. rift
4. eroded
5. foundered

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. soared

2. consequences
3. silenced
4. hurled
5. imbued

1. Her voice was ___ with an unusual seriousness.
2. Her recent achievements have ___ her critics.
3. He drove too fast with tragic ___.
4. The country was ___ into the turmoil of another general election.
5. The death toll ___ past 100 000.

Answer key
1. imbued
2. silenced
3. consequences
4. hurled
5. soared

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. deformed
2. dispersed
3. affected
4. retaliated
5. drenched

1. She was _____ in sweat and remorse.
2. The demonstrators _____ by throwing stones and bricks.
3. The child was born _____ in consequence of an injury to its mother.
4. The disease has _____ her sight.
5. The crowd _____ quickly.

Answer key
1. drenched
2. retaliated
3. deformed
4. affected
5. dispersed

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. outcome
2. soaked
3. disperse
4. retaliate
5. blinked

1. Ukraine threatened to _____ by closing oil pipelines.
2. We are confident of a successful _____.
3. The fog began to _____.
4. Looking at my computer screen, I _____ in disbelief.
5. Their bodies were _____ in sweat.

Answer key
1. retaliate
2. outcome
3. disperse
4. blinked
5. soaked

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. sweat
2. concerns
3. eating into
4. reliance
5. in every situation

1. If we strive for perfection _____, we will always be disappointed.
2. The palms of his hands began to _____.
3. The high cost of living in London is _____ his savings.
4. We are trying to address the _____ of residents.
5. The region's _____ on tourism is unwise.

Answer key
1. in every situation
2. sweat
3. eating into
4. concerns
5. reliance

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. contents
2. turmoil
3. undermined
4. in industry
5. severe

1. Recent changes have ___ teachers’ morale.
2. She got a job ___.
3. The university had been in ___ over anti-war protests.
4. People with ___ mental illness die younger.
5. She hadn't read the letter and so was unaware of its ___.

The answer key
1. undermined
2. in industry
3. turmoil
4. severe
5. contents

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. in advance
2. self-sufficient
3. overtime
4. unreported
5. sight

1. I don't think the country could ever be ___ in food.
2. Many cases of bullying go ___.
3. She has very good ___.
4. The company's position with regard to ___ is made clear in their contracts.
5. You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning ___.

The answer key
1. self-sufficient
2. unreported
3. sight
4. overtime
5. in advance