Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
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all along learn of on the surface take care of compromise between
for a time incompatible with indication of
1. Mind your own business. My affairs __ you.
2. Having worked in the company for two years, Mr. Smith is now __ marketing and public relations.
3. The farmer ___ bad luck: His crops were destroyed by a storm. 4. The old gardener seems cold and unfriendly __, but he's really a warm-hearted person.
5. They had hoped to be able to move into their new house at the end of the month, but things did not __ as they had expected. 6. Such violent attacks are __ a civilized society.
7. There have been __ in the old man's life, but on the whole his fortunes have grown.
8. The mother only __ her son's marriage long after the event.
9. Rising sales can give a good __ how this product is received in the market.
10. The Chinese government has __ been combating drug trafficking. 11. After several hours of discussions, they managed to reach a __ the two countries.
12. __ the police thought she might be guilty, but later she was proved not guilty.
13. The man and his friend were ___ one another at that critical moment.
Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
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At first, my dad was not in favor of me marrying Will because Will is black. I guess my dad was a bit of a racist. Unfortunately, no arguments could counter dad's beliefs. Despite his __, though, Will and I decided to go through with our wedding. On a marvelous June day we were married in the park. The wedding went off without any __ words or embarrassing
exchanges. It was actually quite beautiful. There was just one problem. Many of our friends and relatives didn't __ our wedding. I had to __ that my dad was not the only prejudiced person we knew. Other than my father, no one had come out to speak against my relationship with Will. It did not seem __ for them to show their resistance to our marriage in this way. My dad had strong __ about my marriage to Will, but at least he was there. Will and I decided to __ this burden by showing everyone how wrong they were. We wanted not only to love one another, but also to __ racial hatred by loving one another. We probably weren't being all that ___, but we did succeed with one person. My dad and Will have developed an __ friendship. My dad says he has forgotten why he ever had any doubts about our marriage. overcome realistic deny efficient defy amazing conclude hostile accomplish protests
attend distrust related reservations appropriate
Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank.
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I didn't marry for all the \reasons\Love had (1) thing to do with marriage. And, for my husband's part, well, I (2) love was on his mind either. He married me because I made him feel young. He was such an ordinary man going (3) his very ordinary mid-life crisis. He was divorced, looking for younger women and a career change. That didn't (4) me, though. He was still fairly charming, pretty handsome and (5) rich. I married for money, and I don't have any (6) about it. My friends don't (7) my decision, but I can also tell that they wish, at least a little bit, for some of the same things that I now enjoy. They always prefer to (8) a lot of time by my swimming pool than at their common little homes. And