1.

My mother ___________________ major surgery last year and luckily her injuries
had fully recovered now.
2. ___________________ in their family were running high, it may lead to family
conflicts at last.
3. He's bad-tempered, selfish and altogether an ___________________ man.
4. Being recognized in the street is _________________________ of being a celebrity.
5. I never wear grey because it reminds me of my
___________________ school uniform.
6. She is a ___________________ and practised speaker who
always impresses her audience.
7. She has a ___________________ habit of picking on people in meetings.
8. What can I do to protect long, ___________________ painted nails?
9. While the other kids played, we stared ___________________ out of the window and
get back to our work.
10. She is continually ___________________ her authority by getting other people to do
things for her.
11. She was dark and ___________________, as all his wives had been.
12. I want to keep fit so exercise has become part of my daily ___________________.
13. My job involves ___________________ unemployed people on/about how to find
work.
14. His illness affects almost every ___________________ of his life, hardly is he able to
take care of himself and get back to normal life.
15. The programme will take a detailed and ___________________ look at
the problem of homelessness.
16. The prime minister ___________________ the suggestion that it was time for him
to resign as he is one of the most talented government officers.
17. The whole matter needs to be given careful ___________________ before you make
any decisions.
18. All chemical weapons facilities will be ___________________ so that they are no
longer effective.
19. He was ___________________ and seriously injured by a gang of youths.
20. Her dress was tightly belted, ___________________ the slimness of her waist.
21. When you're working such long hours, it's
___________________that your marriage will start to suffer.
22. There's no ___________________ way of finding a cure - it's just
a process of trial and error.
23. Such a war would bring ___________________ effects for the country, most, if not
all of the citizens
24. ___________________ is another reliable method and accounts for
a surprising number of big fish.
25. She faces the ___________________ of disobeying her father or losing the man
she loves.
26. Our local hospital has become the latest ___________________
of the cuts in government spending.
27. We had a busy weekend so I'm planning to have some
___________________ tomorrow.
28. Mary was being ___________________ by receiving insulting and frightening
messages online just because she posed a picture on social media.
29. The chances of settling this ___________________ between the business partners
through talks seem increasingly impossible.
30. I'm going to a martial art lessons to learn how to ___________________ myself
against enemies.
31. If you have a gas fire in a room, you should have
some kind of outside ___________________.
32. She spent the day ___________________ over what she'd said to Nicky. She thought
what she had said can be upsetting and disappointing.
33. I think he ___________________a lot of pain when his wife left him.
34. I keep on encouraging him but he
still feels ___________________ about his ability to do the job.
35. She was criticized for writing ___________________ and repeatable articles for
the local newspaper.
36. He may be old among the ___________________ younger generation, but
his shows draw more viewers than any other comedian.
37. Although they are expected to defeat some important ___________________ in
the election, they are unlikely to form the next government.
38. The development of internet has greatly ___________________ our quality of life.
39. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get
___________________ including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup.
40. He received an ___________________ letter threatening to disclose details of
his affair if he didn't pay the money.
41. What you did wasn't ___________________, but it was morally wrong .