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In the past 20 years the
hotel has become renowned for protecting its famous guests from
unwanted publicity. Anyone who courts the cameras, on the
premises or even on the street outside is given _________ by the
owners. It upsets the other guests and is bad for business. |
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carte blanche |
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short shrift
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Hobson's choice |
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white elephant |
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Unable to face the
prospect of one city emerging a clear loser, the talk was of a
decision that could mature with time. Yesterday's _________ were
Zeitschienenmodell ( time rail model ) ... and
Rutschbahnbremse ( the split function compromise with slide
brake ). |
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blarney |
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buzzwords
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hotchpotch |
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claptrap |
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I feel it is time to
_________ and openly acknowledge, as members of the Dutch
medical profession have done, that euthanasia is, in a few
specified situations, not just morally defensible but necessary
act of humanity. |
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blow hot and cold |
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grasp the nettle
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let sleeping dogs |
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make a beeline |
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John had saved about
1000 pounds. To raise more, he took on a market stall and found
he enjoyed _________ ladies' dresses. From here, he made a
modest move to a suburban men's clothes shop in Edgware, north
London, soon followed by a second branch in Golders Green. |
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flogging
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(B) |
headhunting |
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pooh-poohing |
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hyping |
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Women suffer unfair discrimination at work because most
companies are run on the basis of a masculine culture, it was
claimed to day. The _________ approach measures commitment on
the basis of hours spent at the workplace and not how men use
that time or how good they are at their jobs. |
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bimbo |
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macho
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user-friendly |
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nightmare scenario |
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I know that by now all
my goods will have been _________, but I continue to hope tha
tthere may be some clue left behind that will lead the police to
the burglars. I want to feel safe again. |
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torn off a strip |
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flogged
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ripped off |
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bunged up |
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A _________ charges
roughly one third of the salary attacked to the appointment.
Thus, if one is talking about a $60,000 job there is a simple
equation : 6 x $20,000 fee = $120,000. |
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(A) |
highflyer |
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yuppie |
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headhunter
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golden parachute |
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Every drinker's dream
came true for a group of friends who walked into a pub to find
the landlord absent. Gallons of beer, 100 bottles of spirits,
wines and soft drinks were drunk and stocks of crisps, nuts and
snacks vanished as the party went on for four days.
One of the partygoers said : "It was great while it lasted.
People just don't miss a golden opportunity like that to have a
_________." |
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culture shock |
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(B) |
carte blanche |
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moonlight |
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freebie
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Jim MacDonal's plan to
build an extension in the back yard already seems to contain all
the ingredients for a major ______ . It looks as if the main
thrust of opposition will come from Vera Duckworth. |
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nightmare scenario |
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(B) |
brouhaha
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blarney |
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(D) |
blitz |
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It was a _________
murder of an ordinary girl, and that is its real interest. The
events that preceded it were ordinary. The love story was not
extraordinary. On the contrary it was a student love affair in
all its embarrassing, confused, experimental and passionate
normality. |
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(A) |
bimbo |
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(B) |
humdrum
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headhunt |
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knowtow |
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