C1 – Lesson 44 – Words/phrases from other languages – Test

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• I’ve been promoted to departmental manager and have been given ____ to make all the changes I want.

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• It would be a serious ____ to mention her ex-husband. She’ll get really upset.

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• I’ll ask my ____ to pick you up at the airport and bring you to the Savoy hotel.

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• The military organised a _____ and overthrew the democratically elected government.

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• He presented us with a ____ and there was nothing we could do to stop it.

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• When I’m out for the evening with my friends, we often go to ____ bars.

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• The word ‘molasses’ comes from ____.

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• The show was a complete ____. It was a disaster from start to finish.

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• I was never good at ____ in school, but I was quite good at geometry.

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• Trying to finish the project on time and under budget will be a ____ task.