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MaXmOuSe Posted 20 years ago
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1The car's cheap as it has low mileage - mile

I've lost the booklet that came with my mobile phone.- book

In his autobiography, he describes his unhappy childhood - child

If you would like to apply for membership,please complete this form.- member

2.To his amazement he won the competition. - amaze

We hire out glasses for big parties,but we ask for a deposit to cover any breakdown - break

His refusal to accompany them upset her more than she admitted - refuse

The pressrefused to divulgethe names of their informants. inform

3.I think his behaviour's really childlike enough to know better. child

Although now an old man,he was still childish in his trust and refused to see harm in anyone - child

The accidental discovery of the diary led to serious problems - accident

She's got quite an authorial stile, but it's rather misleading - authority

5. It was a very regrettable incident- regret

He's an attractive man. - attract

6.You need to chlorinate the water in the swimming pool - chlorine

You don't need to simplify your language - she's very fluent - simple

The colour red in our flag symbolize the blood shed in the fight for independence - symbol

7. In order to unscrew, turn in a clockwise direction - clock

We reckoned we were travelling more or less northward - north
  

Top answer

Well done, you have most of them we ask for a deposit to cover any breakdown - breakages. She's got quite an authoritative style 'I think his behaviour's really childish and he is old enough to know better' - odd sentence as you can't fill in the gap with a single word.

  • Well done, you have most of them we ask for a deposit to cover any breakdown - breakages.
  • She's got quite an authoritative style 'I think his behaviour's really childish and he is old enough to know better' - odd sentence as you can't fill in the gap with a single word.
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Well done, you have most of them

we ask for a deposit to cover any breakdown - breakages.

She's got quite an authoritative style

'I think his behaviour's really childish and he is old enough to know better' - odd sentence as you can't fill in the gap with a single word.
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In #7, to un***** you generally have to turn anti-clockwise.
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Hi,

We usually say counter-clockwise.
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Hi,

It will depend on whether you are talking about british(anti) or american(counter) english. This exercise is an extract of a preparatory course for CPE.

What I would like to emphasize is that you need to add this preffix(anti ou counter) to the word, otherwise the sentence wouldn't make sense.

Angelo

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