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1. Tom's presence at parties adds to Tom is the life and soul of the party.
everyone's enjoyment. SOUL

2. The government's retraining pro- The government's retraining pro-

gramme proved to be unsuccessful gramme met with failure due to lack
due to lack of funds. MET of funds.

3. The lease on my flat is valid until the The lease on my flat does not come
end of the year. RENEWAL up for renewal until the end of the
year.

4. Mark didn't get home until just before Mark didn't get home until small
dawn yesterday. HOURS hours yesterday.

5. Some services may be running late Some services may be subject to

due to bad weather. SUBJECT delay due to bad weather.

6. He hated the way the media scruti- He hated how his private life came
nized his private life. CAME under scrutiny from the media.

7. The current champion has been beat- The current champion has suffered
en in this year's tournament. SUF- defeat in this year's tournament.
FERED

8. Some friends nominated him as a Some friends put his name forward
spokesman. FORWARD as a spokesman.

9. You've been looking miserable all day. You've done nothing but moon
MOON around all day.

10. There are more than six hospitals in There are in excess of six hospitals
this city. EXCESS in this city.

11. Mike has a more complex personality Mike has greater depths to him than
than you may think. DEPTHS you may think.

12. To look at him, you would think he was You would think he was poor, judg-
poor. JUDGING ing by the look of him.

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The salesman promised me the cook- The salesman gave me his assur-
er would be delivered today. ASSUR- ance that the cooker would be deliv-
ANCE ered today.

14. You have the ability to do really well You could do really well in your ca-
in your career if you make an effort. reer if you put your mind to it.
MIND

15. It was impossible for Roy to keep the There was no way for Roy to keep
appointment. WAY the appointment.

16. A cup of tea is the most refreshing There's nothing to match tea as a
drink of all. MATCH refreshing drink.

17. Digging in the garden gives me an Digging in the garden allows me to

outlet for my frustrations. VENT vent my frustrations.

18. The TV broadcast the whole of the ten- There was extensive coverage of
nis tournament. EXTENSIVE the tennis tournament.

19. The first sign of the disease is blurred The onset of the disease is signalled
vision. ONSET blurred vision.

20. The newspaper was the first to re- The politician was exposed as a spy
veal that the politician was a spy. EX- by the newspaper.
POSED

21. There are a lot of people out of work The level of unemployment is high in
in this town. LEVEL this town.

22. We forgot to include the cost of ac- We didn't allow for the cost of ac-
commodation in our holiday budget. commodation in our holiday budget.
ALLOW

23. They say he owes a lot of people mon- He's said to be in debt to a lot of
ey. DEBT people.

24. Rick's boss says he thinks Rick is do- Rick's boss is full of praise for Rick.
ing a wonderful job. PRAISE

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25. Marcus hasn't got very far with his Marcus has made little progress
dissertation. MADE with his dissertation.

26. In my opinion, computers are more In my opinion, computers are more

trouble than they're worth. HIN- of a hindrance than a help.
DRANCE

27. Those gates must be locked before We must lock those gates prior to
we leave the premises. PRIOR leaving the premises.

28. Customers will not want to buy this There will be no market for this prod-
product. MARKET uct.

29. Fiona said she was against the pro- Fiona expressed her disapproval of
posal. EXPRESSED the proposal.

30. You certainly could never accuse Tom Tom is nothing other than generous.
of being mean. NOTHING

31. I'm not going any further till I've had This is as far as I'm going until I've
something to eat. FAR had something to eat.

32. It's entirely your own fault that you You have no one but yourself to
failed the exam. BLAME blame for failing the exam.

33. The workforce reluctantly agreed to a It was with reluctance that the work-
cut in pay. RELUCTANCE force agreed to a cut in pay.

34. Your outrageous behavior has caused Your outrageous behavior has been
problems for the club. EMBARASS- a source of embarrassment to the
MENT club.

35. No one is quite sure if the player will It remains to be seen how well the
perform well at his new football club. player will perform at his new foot-
SEEN ball club.

36. We want to breathe new life to this We want to rejuvenate this project.
project. REJUVENATE

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She said she was in no way responsi- She disclaimed all the responsibility
ble for the damage. DISCLAIMED for the damage.

38. The new employee still hadn't ap- There was still no sign of the new
peared by 10 o'clock. SIGN employee by 10 o'clock.

39. No one pities her after what she has No one has any sympathy for her
done. SYMPATHY after what she has done.

40. The art gallery has had at least 120000 No fewer than 120000 visitors have
visitors since it opened. FEWER been to the art gallery since it
opened.

41. Flying is the form of transport I like There is no form of transport I like
least. NO less than flying.

42. Their house is now worth more than The house has increased in value
when they bought it. INCREASED since they bought it.

43. The rainfall has been below average It rained less than usual this month.
this month. RAINED

44. Mr Lurie will have to cancel his ap- Mr Lurie will not be able to keep his
pointment. KEEP appointment.

45. When he speaks, he gives you the im- To hear him speak you would think
pression that he is a really hard-work- he is a very hard-working student.
ing student. THINK

46. He realized how much he cared for her Her prolonged absence made him
only when she had been away for a realize how much he cared for her.
long time. MADE

47. Rhonda's not very keen on foreign Rhonda doesn't care much for for-
food. CARE eign food.

48. Ray's good work record enabled him Ray got promoted on the strength of
to get promotion. STRENGTH good work record.

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Travelled may bring as much luggage There is no restriction on the
as they require. AMOUNT amount of luggage travellers may
bring.

50. We couldn't understand the film at all. We could make absolutely no sense
SENSE of the film

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