1. You can buy everything from clothes to toys to ________ to furniture and books. |
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1. antiques |
2. titanic |
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3. doll |
4. prince |
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2. If you “put an object up for _____”, you sell it at a public sale who offers the highest price can buy it. |
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1. production |
2. auction |
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3. attention |
4. function |
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3. If someone “______”, they make a loud sound through their mouth or nose when they’re sleeping. |
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1. snores |
2. sneeze |
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3. snatch |
4. snap |
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4. If you have an “__________” with someone, you do business or work with them. |
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1. assurance |
2. astronomy |
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3. association |
4. assortment |
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5. Andrew Fischer was a little _____ on cash he decided to put his forehead up for sale as
advertising space. |
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1. shame |
2. shut |
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3. shade |
4. short |
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6. The superstar thought it would be a great idea to sell it for _______. |
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1. organisation |
2. charity |
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3. company |
4. business |
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7. If a “__________ goes on in your head”, you suddenly have a good idea or notice something. |
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1. light |
2. strike |
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3. lighting |
4. storm |
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8. If someone “_________ you into” a business, they help you to start working in that business. |
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1. goes |
2. gives |
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3. gets |
4. guides |
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9. I bought £3,000 worth of products from a ___________ and stored them in my bedroom. |
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1. wholesaler |
2. 7-11 |
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3. shop |
4. owner |
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10. She started out selling from her house, but now trades worldwide and has a _________. |
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1. palace |
2. warehouse |
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3. stock |
4. website |
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11. If you “__________” someone, you give them things so they can become stronger or more successful. |
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1. power |
2. powerful |
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3. empower |
4. empowerful |
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12. In ___________ his online auction empire in 1993, Pierre wanted to empower individuals.
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1. creation |
2. creating |
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3. creative |
4. create |
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| 13. When there’s “___________”, there are problems and things don’t work or operate in a normal way |
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1. corruption |
2. discussion |
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3. malfunction |
4. disruption |
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| 14. He assured them that eBay was doing everything possible to __________ with the problem |
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1. expose |
2. inverse |
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3. deal |
4. fix |
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15. eBay processes more __________ than other company in the world. |
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1. transactions |
2. transportation |
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3. transgender |
4. translate |
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| 16. The gifts range from the ordinary to the _____________. |
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1. unremarkable |
2. absurd |
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3. regularity |
4. usual |
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17. If an object is “monogrammed”, it has the first letters of a person’s ______ on it. |
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1. name |
2. address |
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3. password |
4. E-mail |
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| 18. If A is “_______” with B, A and B are very different and they can't be used together. |
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1. incompatible |
2. agreeable |
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3. congruent |
4. cooperative |
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19. When it “__________” that something is true, people discover that it is actually true. |
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1. disappears |
2. transpires |
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3. vanishes |
4. depletes |
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20. It later transpired that the DVDs were ________ with British DVD players, so he couldn’t watch them. |
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1. incompatible |
2. agreeable |
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3. congruent |
4. cooperative |
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