COLLOCATION EXERCISES

A

1 The meeting took almost five hours so it was impossible to ___________________

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2 The problem is difficult to ___________________ under control.
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3 It took us all day to clean up the office after the burglary – the thieves ___________

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4 I don't think we should ___________________ a decision yet; we should wait.
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5 Only 31% of the students who ___________________ the final exam passed it.
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6 I think we should look for a new supplier – the one we have at the moment

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7 Could you ___________________ me a favour and post these letters on your way home?
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8 I've told him ten times that he's got the wrong telephone number. I'll ___________

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9 The company offers its employees free language training but not many people

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10 Our personnel assistant is leaving next month - she's ___________________

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B


1 There's a ____________________ balance between success and failure.

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2 My camera was stolen from my bag at the airport so I ____________________

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3 The police gave a ____________________ description of what had happened.
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4 I wasn't dressed for the occasion. I felt ____________________ out of place.
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5 The chances of England winning the next World Cup are ____________________

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6 We are ____________________ a lot of problems at the moment.
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7 Reports that he earns more than $5m a year are ____________________

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8 Michael: Did you enjoy the play?

   Sue: No, I didn't. It was _________________ boring.
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9 I'm overweight and completely out of ____________________. I really should start getting some
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10 He speaks with a ____________________ Liverpool accent. Some of my American colleagues have
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C

1 It took them over a week to ____________________ their decision.

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2 It'll be very difficult to persuade him. He is very set in his ____________________.
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3 It goes without  ____________________ that we'll all support your new strategy.
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4 They are always on the ____________________  ___________ young and versatile people.

5 It's your ____________________ to prepare this week's report – I did it last week.
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6 Our main competitor's new product ____________________ a real threat to our target of increasing
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7 You shouldn't be so quick to criticise her for the poor results. You have to ______________

into account the fact that she was ill for over a month.
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8 There are three important points I'd like to ____________________.
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9 It takes a very determined person to achieve results as good as this; you really have to put your
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10 Don't ____________________ to conclusions – I haven't had a chance to explain it to you yet.
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