COMING SECOND DIDNT MAKE HER FEEL ANY BETTER BECAUSE SHE ONLY WANTED TO WIN }CONSOLATION}

COMING SECOND WAS NO CONSOLATION TO HER BECAUSE WINNING WAS ALL THAT MATTERED TO HER

I PROMISE HIM THAT THE SITUATION WOULD NOT BE REPEAED IN THE FUTURE ]word}

I GAVE HIM MY WORD THAT THERE WOULD BE NO REPETITION OF THE SITUATION IN THE FUTURE

tim tried to be like one of his heroes when he was a young musician ]modelled]

AS A YOUNG MUSICIEN HEMODELLED HIMSELF ON ONE OF HIS HEROES

UTTER DISBELIEF

CON MUVCHO ASOMBRO

STEAL THE LIME LIGHT

Grabbing the public's attention, similar in derivation to stealing the spotlight as the old technology of super-heating limestone with an oxyhydrogen flame was used in theatrical spotlights before the widespread use of electricity.
The Indians and Red Sox were in a heated battle for the pennant but instead we watched George Steinbrenner steal the limelight for the Yankees with his offer of a one-year manager's contract to Joe Torre that same day.

out of bounds

out of bounds
adj (postpositive,)
adv
1. (often foll by to) not to be entered (by); barred (to) out of bounds to civilians
2. outside specified or prescribed limits

STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO RAIMBOW DISCO ]BOUNDS]

THE RAIMBOW DISCO IS OUT OF BOUNDS TO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL

IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND THAT THE STUDIO DOOR MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOCKED ]OCCURRED]

IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE LOCKED THE STUDIO DOOR

LORRAINE WAS THE ONLY STUDENT TO HAND IN HER ASSIGMENT ON TIME

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LORRAINE NONE OF THE STUDENTS HANDED IN THEIR ASSIGNMENT ON TIME

AS A RESULT OF THE BAD WEATHER,THERE MAY BE DELAYS ON SOME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ]SUBJECT]

DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER SOME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE DELAY

NATALIE S FRIENDS TALKED HER OUT OF GOING TO THE CONCERT ALONE

IT WAS NATALIE S FRIENDS WHO DISUADED HER FROM GOING TO THE CONCERT ALONE

YOU CANT FIND POTTERY LIKE THIS IN ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY ]type}

THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS TYPE OF POTTERY CAN BE FOUND

YOU MUST KEEP THIS DOOR CLOSED AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE RED LIGHT IS ILUMINATED

ON NO ACCOUNT MUST YOU OPEN THIS DOOR WHEN THE RED LIGHT IS ILUMINATED

attendance at the additional evening lectures is not obligatory for students }under}

STUDENTS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ATTEND THE ADDITIONAL EVENINGS LECTURES

unsettling

unsettling
adjective disturbing, worrying, troubling, upsetting, alarming, distressing, dismaying, disconcerting, disquieting The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect.

likeness

1. The state, quality, or fact of being like; resemblance.
2. An imitative appearance; a semblance.
3. A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image.
Synonyms: likeness, similarity, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinityThese nouns denote agreement or conformity. Likeness implies close agreement: It was your uncanny likeness to my brother that made me stare at you.Similarity and similitude suggest agreement only in some respects or to some degree: They were drawn to each other by similarity of interests. "A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention" (Edgar Allan Poe).Resemblance refers to similarity in external or superficial details: "The child . . . bore a remarkable resemblance to her grandfather" (Lytton Strachey).Analogy is similarity, as of properties or functions, between things that are otherwise not comparable: The operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the human brain.Affinity is likeness deriving from kinship or from the possession of shared properties or sympathies: Being an orphan, she felt an affinity with other parentless children

An analysis of Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein" as religious allegory. ... Victor created the being in the likeness of himself

WITHOUT HIS HELP ,WE WOULD HAVE GONE OVER THE DEADLINE (MET)

BUT FOR HIS HELP WE WOULD NOT HAVE MET THE DEADLINE

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,YOU MUST NO TRY TO CONTACT ME (CIRCUMSTANCES)

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MUST YOU TRY TO CONTACT ME

THE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS IS NOT AT ALL EASY TO PREDICT (MEANS)

IT IS BY NO MEANS EASY TO PREDICT THE RESULT

THERE IS A RUMOUR THAT THE MANAGER HAS BEEN ACEPTING BRIBES (ALLEGED)

THE MANAGER IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING BRIBES

A FOREGONE CONCLUSION

AN INEVITABLE CONCLUSION OR RESULT

THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE COMPANY IS INEVITABLE (CONCLUSION)

IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THE COMPANY WILL TOTALLY COLLAPSE

GIVE RISE TO SOMETHING

TO CAUSE SOMETHING,TO INSTIGATE SOMETHING

the staff bitterly resent the remarks he made recently (rise)

HIS RECENT REMARKS HAVE GIVEN RISE TO BITTER RESENTMENT AMONG THE STAFF

IT APPEARS THAT NOBODY DISAGREES WITH THE NEW PLANS (along)

Everybody appears to get along with the new plans

THE FACT THAT CHARLES HAS LOST HIS JOB DOES NOT SURPRISE (COMES)

IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO HEAR THAT CHARLES HAS LOST HIS JOB

DREW

Melanie practised her lines each day after school, getting increasingly nervous as the date of her audition ........ even closer.Although Tim had been in the lead for most of the race, as they reached the final bend, Graham ........ level and threatened to overtake him.On an impulse, Laurie ........ all the money out of his bank account and went to London, intending to spend every last penny of it.

HEAD

With less than a minute of the football match to go, Phil managed to ........ the ball into the back of the net.I think the best course of action would be to jump into the car and ........ for Bristol as soon as possible.Louise has been asked to ........ an investigation into what went wrong on the night of the accident

RETAIN

James is able to ........ an enormous amount of factual information in his head.Although the old house has been completely renovated, care has been taken to ........ as many of the original features as possible.When you're buying outdoor adventure clothing, the thing to look for is material that does not ........ a lot of moisture.

APPRECIATE

It is very difficult to fully ........ certain pieces of jazz music until you've heard them a good few times.Although I'm always ready to lend a hand, Marta never really seems to ........ the things I do for her.Given the market for decorative antiques, I'd say that the value of the beautiful vase is set to ........ considerably in the next few years.

Global English exists (0) ... a political and cultural reality. Many misguided theories attempt to explain why the English language should have succeeded internationally, whilst (1) ... have not. Is it because there is (2) ... inherently logical or beautiful about the structure of English? Does its simple grammar (3) ... it easy to learn? Such ideas are misconceived. Latin was once a major international language, despite having a complicated grammatical structure, and English also presents learners (4) ... all manner of real difficulties, (5) ... least its spelling system. Ease (6) ... learning, therefore, has little to (7) ... with it. (8) ... all, children learn to speak their mother tongue in approximately the same period of time, (9) ... of their language.English has spread not so (10) ... for linguistic reasons, but rather because it has often found (1) ... in the right place, at the right time. (12) ... the 1960s, two major developments have contributed to strengthening this global status. Firstly, in a number of countries, English is now used in addition to national or regional languages. As (13) ... as this, an electronic revolution has taken (14) ... . It is estimated that (15) ... the region of 80% of worldwide electronic communication is now in English.



Global English exists (0) ... a political and cultural reality. Many misguided theories attempt to explain why the English language should have succeeded internationally, whilst (1) IN... have not. Is it because there is (2) ... SOMETHING inherently logical or beautiful about the structure of English? Does its simple grammar (3) ..MAKE. it easy to learn? Such ideas are misconceived. Latin was once a major international language, despite having a complicated grammatical structure, and English also presents learners (4) ..WITH. all manner of real difficulties, (5) ...NOT least its spelling system. Ease (6) OF... learning, therefore, has little to (7) .DO.. with it. (8) .AFTER.. all, children learn to speak their mother tongue in approximately the same period of time, (9) .REGARDLESS.. of their language.English has spread not so (10) .MUCH.. for linguistic reasons, but rather because it has often found (1) ...ITSELF in the right place, at the right time. (12) SINCE... the 1960s, two major developments have contributed to strengthening this global status. Firstly, in a number of countries, English is now used in addition to national or regional languages. As (13) ..WELL. as this, an electronic revolution has taken (14) ... .PLACE It is estimated that (15) .IN.. the region of 80% of worldwide electronic communication is now in English.

For many people Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the
most (0) influential figure in the history of western classical
INFLUENCE
music. His (1) ..extraordinary... talent was already clearly evident as a
ORDINARY
young man, (2) ..mercifully... surviving a somewhat unconventional
MERCY
(3) upbringing during which his eccentric father would often force
BRING
him to take music lessons in the middle of the night.
The young Beethoven's ability won him the admiration of the
leading contemporary musical figures. Throughout the 1790s
he worked hard to secure the interest of wealthy patrons.
Such patronage (4) ..ENABLED... him to concentrate on becoming a
ABLE
successful composer.
Whatever his awe-inspiring musical (5) .Achievement however, his
ACHIEVE
personal life was something of a disaster. His day-to-day
(6) ...RELATIONSHIPS.. with people invariably turned out to be rather
RELATE
turbulent. Although he apparently fell in love with a number
of society women, the identity of the girl who lay closest to
his heart remains (7) .ELUSIVE.... to this day.
ELUDE
However, just at the point when Beethoven was beginning
to reap the rewards of his early endeavours, he had to come

to terms with the crushing REALISATION.. that his increasing
REALISE
deafness was (9) ...INCURABLE.. . From that point on, his music
CURE
displayed a (10) STRIKING..... change in style, becoming both heavier
STRIKE
in tone and larger in scale.

THEY STILL HAVENT FOUND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT

THEY HAVE YET TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS

SHE WAS CONCENTRATING SO HARD ON HER WORK THAT SHE DIDNT NOTICE WHEN I CAME IN

SHE WAS SO WRAPPED IN HER WORK THAT SHE DIDNT NOTICE WHEN I CAME IN

A SPOKEMAN SAID THAT THE STORY WERE PURE SPECULATION ]DISMISSED]

THE STORY WAS DISMISSED AS NOTHING OTHER THAN PURE SPECULATION

FIVE ACTORS WERE COMPETING FOR THE LEADING ROLE IN THE PLAY ]CONTENTION] WERE

THERE WERE FIVE ACTORS IN CONTENTION FOR THE LEADING ROLE

JOHN HAS HINTED THAT HE DOESNT REMAIN IN THE GROUP ANY LONGER ]HINT]

JOHN HAS GIVEN A HINT THAT HE NO LONGER WISHES TO REMAIN IN THE GROUP

IT,S NOT NORMAL FOR ME TO HAVE TO START SO EARLY ]

IM NOT USED TO MAKE SUCH AN EARLY START

HE SAID IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE THAT SOMEONE HAD LENT HIM THE MONEY ]HAVING[

HE CATEGORICALLY DENIED HAVING BEEN LENT THE MONEY

I FORGOT TO POSTPONE THE APPOINMENT ROBRT ADMITTED ]PUT]

ROBERT CONFESSED TO HAVING FORGOTTEN TO PUT OFF THE APPOINMENT

THEY ARE GONIG TO SEND US THE TICKETS NEXT WEEK ]SENT]

I VE ARRANGED FOR THE TICKETS TO BE SENT TO US NEXT WEEK

I REALLY WISH I D PAID MORE ATTENTION TO HIS WARNINGS

I BITTERLY REGRET PAYING SO LITTLE ATTENTION TO HIS WARNINGS

I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEW THEATRE TO BE COMPLETED *FORWARD

I M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW THEATRE

PERHAPS FINDING SOMEONE TO REPLACE HER IS PROVING DIFFICULT FOR HIM /DIFFICULTY

HE APPEARS TO BE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN FINDING SOMEONE TO REPLACE HER

You must never take your helmet off while you are riding a motorcycle (all).

HELMETS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES WHEN RIDYNG A MOTORCYCLE

The old railway station is now a museum(TURNED)

THE OLD RAILWAY STATION HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A MUSEUM

THEY THINK THAT HELEN,S BROTHER STOLE THE MONEY (SUSPECTED)

HELEN BROTHER IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING STOLEN THE MONEY

THE REFORMS WILL NOT SUCCED UNLESS THEY ARE CAREFULLY PLANNED

CAREFUL PLANNING IS CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE REFORMS

THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR BROUGHT THEIR PICNIC TO AN ABRUPT END

THEY HAD TO CUT SHORT THEIR PICNIC BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR

I HAD NO PROBLEMS AT ALL DURING MY TRIP TO FRANCE (PLAN)

EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN DURING MY TRIP TO FRACE

THE MISTAKE IN THE ACCOUNTS WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL THE FIGURES WERE RECHECKED (LIGHT)

THE MISTAKE IN THE ACCOUNTS ONLY CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THE FIGURES WERE RECHECKED

I FELL COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED WHEN I HAVE LISTENED TO VEVA FOR HALF AN HOUR

HALF AND HOUR OF LISTENING TO VEVA LEAVES ME COMPLETLY EXHAUSTED

CHILDREN AND OLDER PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE PRONE TO INFECTION THAN YOUNG ADULTS (PICK)

CHILDREN AND OLDER PEOPLE PICK UP INFECTIONS MUCH MORE EASILY THAN YOUNG ADULTS

HE STILL HASNT RECOVERED FROM LOSING HIS JOB LAST YEAR (BEING)

HE STILL HASNT GOT OVER MADE

REDUNDANT LAST YEAR

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A CRITICISM,THEN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE THE ONE TO BLAME

IF YOU WANT TO CRITICISE,THEN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE THE ONES TO BLAME

HE BECAME FAMOUS WHE HIS FIRST BOOK WAS PUBLISHED

HE BECAME FAMOUS ON THE PUBLICATION ON HIS FIRST BOOK

ALL TENANTS MUST ACT IN CONCORDANCE WITH TE REGULATIONS ABOUT GUEST

ALL TENANTS MUST COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS ABOUT GUESTS

THE CROPS WERE BADLY AFFECT BY THE STORM

THE STORM HAD A BADEFFECT ON THE CROPS

THE STORM HAD A BAD EFFECT ON THE CROPS

ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT HE IS A THIEF INFER

AM I TO INFER THAT HE IS A THIEF

THE VILLAGERS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO WITHSTAND THE COMING STORM

THE VILLAGERS BRACED THEMSELVES FOR THE COMING STORM

THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION

THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION