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E 9
Independent work 9
heading in the table.
opinionated • a republican • pragmatic • a Muslim • an intellectual
a revolutionary • tolerant • a moralist • narrow-minded • bigoted
open-minded * a vegan • left-wing • right-wing • a socialist • a royalist
a buddhist • a conservative • a liberal • a communist • a vegetarian • dogmatic
moral • a fascist • religious • a Hindu • middle-of-the-road • an anarchist • a stoic
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Political beliefs |
Personal convictions and philosophies |
B. For each of the examples 1-15, choose an appropriate verb from the box which best fits
the description and can be used in the sample sentence.
back out • sever * quash • suppress • deter • dissuade • give up • cancel
remove • turn down • put an end to • delete • repeal • rescind • deny
1. To cut out part of a document, a computer file, etc.
To stop your hard disk becoming too full, you should _______any unwanted
programmes.
2. To officially end a law so that it is no longer valid.
The new government bill seeks to ________ the existing legislation.
3. To discourage someone from doing something.
The threat of severe punishment didn't ________the thieves from striking again.
4. To persuade someone not to do something.
The college tries to ________ students from entering exams which are not suitable
for them.
5. To annul or cancel a contract or agreement.
The committee decided to ___________ its earlier resolution on the use of its
premises.
6. To limit something, such as a person's freedom.
The military government attempted to __________ the democracy movement by
arresting its leaders.
7. To end something suddenly and finally.
The Cornucopian government decided to ____________relations with Utopia.
8. To refuse something which is offered.
You should never __________a good job when it's offered to you.
9. To decide not to support or be part of a project or activity after you have agreed to do so.
We decided to ______________ when we discovered the company was in financial
difficulty.
10. To state that something is not correct
Before his trial, his lawyer advised him to ________ embezzling company funds.
11. To stop something which has been planned.
There is no refund if you ___________ your holiday less than three weeks before the
date of the departure.
12. To make a judging or ruling no longer valid.
He applied for a judicial review to ___________ the verdict.
13. To stop doing something that you have done for quite a long time.
You should _____________smoking if you want to feel healthier.
14. To stop something which has been going on for a long time.
They agreed to ______________ their long-standing dispute.
15. To take something away.
I would be grateful if you would _____________ my name from your mailing list
c. The words in the box describe the actions of the things in 1-37. Match each action with the
thing it describes.
evaporate • explode • change • melt • fade • bounce
crumble • trickle • rise • sink • ring • contract • crack • escape
stretch • wobble • congeal • burn • spill • smoulder • erupt • spin
revolve • set • flow • slide • rotate • spread • erode • meander
turn • subside • freeze • grow • expand • vibrate • float
1. The planet Earth moving round on its axis.
2. A washing machine in its final stage of a wash.
3. The moon moving around the Earth.
4. The CD-ROM tray on a computer base unit. .
5. A house slowly sinking into soft ground.
6. Water slowly being converted into vapour.
7. Cooking fat becoming solid on an unwashed plate.
8. Traffic moving smoothly along a motorway.
9. Water changing from a liquid to a solid because of the cold.
10. Glass changing from a solid to a liquid in very high heat.
11. A loose wheel on a car.
12. Gas coming out of a faulty valve.
13. A rubber ball hitting the ground and going back into the air.
14. Loose windows in a window frame when a large vehicle passes nearby.
15. The population of a town becoming bigger.
16. A T-shirt which has been washed so often it has lost its colour. .
17. The sun coming up in the morning.
18. The sun going down in the evening.
19. A wheel on a slow-moving train.
20. Traffic lights going from red to amber to green.
21. Cliffs being slowly destroyed by the sea.
22. Documents being laid out on a table
23. A wide river winding through the countryside.
24. The sun turning people on a beach bright red.
25. An incense stick in the entrance to a temple.
26. A lump of dry earth being rubbed between somebody's fingers. '
27. Cold metal as it gets hotter.
28. Hot metal as it gets cooler.
29. A piece of elastic being pulled so that it becomes longer
30. A window being hit by a stone so that a long, thin break is formed.
31. Coffee falling out of a cup by mistake.
32. A bomb suddenly blowing up.
33. An alarm clock suddenly going off.
34. A boat going to the bottom of a river.
35. Dead fish lying on the surface of a polluted lake.
36. A volcano throwing out lava and ash.
37. Orders for a new product arriving at a company very slowly.