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Vocabulary
(1.9)
Write the number of the correct answer in the brackets.
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1.
The company has ________ Mindy from the accounts department to
the personnel department.
(1)
deported
(3)
despatched
(2)
translated
(4)
transferred
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)
2.
I can hear the coins ________ in your pocket.
(1)
jingling
(3)
tinkling
(2)
knocking
(4)
clanking
(
)
3.
When my mother is doing the washing, I can hear the plates,
knives and forks ________.
(1)
tinkling
(3)
banging
(2)
clattering
(4)
chattering
(
)
4.
The detectives were not detailed in their investigations, they
had ________ some important facts.
(1)
ignored
(3)
complied
(2)
arranged
(4)
overlooked
(
)
5.
Sunglasses are ________ so that they are anti-glare.
(1)
coloured
(3)
tinted
(2)
painted
(4)
shaded
(
)
6.
I do not remember him at all. His name doesn't ________.
(1)
bring a thought
(3)
tickle my mind
(2)
blow a horn
(4)
ring a bell
(
)
7.
It is bad to indulge in idle talk about others. By this, we
mean do not ________.
(1)
praise
(3)
gossip
(2)
defame
(4)
talk
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)
8.
When the boxers entered the ________, the spectators gave a
thunderous applause.
(1)
rink
(3)
ring
(2)
platform
(4)
round
(
)
9.
This piece of news has been ________ for some time now.
(1)
moving
(3)
supplying
(2)
passing
(4)
circulating
(
)
10.
Meiko ________ books from the Japanese language to French.
(1)
transforms
(3)
transcribes
(2)
translates
(4)
transfers
(
)