Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Voa, Cbs, Fox, Cnn Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       Paris Dejected at Olympic Loss to London Jocelyn Niot, who owns a sports store, insists that Paris' bid was better than London's but believes French media reports that Britain engaged in unacceptable last-minute lobbying of the International Olympic Committee. Mr. Niot's reaction reflects the feeling among many French that their country and its ________ welfare state are under siege by the Anglo-Saxon or English-speaking world and what they see as its ________ capitalism. France's economy is barely growing in comparison to Britain's, and the French are angry at their politicians for failing to provide answers to their concerns. The one thing that seemed to have brought the country together was Paris' Olympic bid, and to lose the games at the last minute after two years of being the front-runner is almost unbearable. The London-Paris rivalry for the 2012 games comes on top of a bruising fight last month between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac over conflicting visions of the future of the European Union. A few days ago, Mr. Chirac ____________ British cuisine and claimed that Britain's main contribution to European agriculture was mad cow disease. Now, Mr. Chirac goes to the G-8 summit in Scotland without the Olympic prize he ________, and, what is worse, has to face his ________, Mr. Blair, who won it.           dejected   Being in low spirits, depressed       vaunted   bragged about,  praised frequently in a way that is considered to be more than acceptable or reasonable       unfettered   not limited by rules or any other controlling influence       pour scorn on   to say a person or thing is ridiculous and worthless       covet   to desire something strong especially something which belongs to someone else       nemesis   Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.                   01   02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26    27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71  72   73   74   75     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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