VOCABULARY QUIZ FOR CAE

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Monday 15 May 2015. Topic: Agreeing and Disagreeing
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1) Money, and in particular funding for the new project, remains a bone of ......... between the local government and the project team.

2) Sam and Terry are still at ........ over when the office party should take place. If they don't agree soon it won't happen!

3) The children were all playing happily when one of them wouldn't share the toys and all hell ........ loose.
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Tuesday 16 May 2015. Topic: Money
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4) Andrea is often accused of being penny-......... but I think she has a very sensible attitude towards money.

5) I was hoping to buy some nice clothes but we came away from the shops ........-handed.

6) If you want to help fight poverty you should put your money where your ........ is.
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Wednesday 17 May 2015. Topic: Business
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7) The new owner is known to be ruthless and his first action is likely to be getting rid of any dead ......... in the organisation.

8) If I can only get my foot in the ........ somehow I'm sure I can make an impression.

9) The deal isn't cut and ........ yet but I'm pretty confident we'll agree terms.
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Thursday 18 May 2015. Topic: Learning
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10) For us learning is ........ nature and most of the time we don't even realize that we're doing it.

11) When I was younger one of our neighbours took me ........ her wing and taught me how to play the piano.

12) I don't actually think he's a good teacher. He can blind you with ........ but that approach doesn't always help people learn.
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Friday 19 May 2015. Topic: Possibility and Probability
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13) We've received financial backing from several investors and the ........ is the limit now in terms of where the company goes from here. 

14) I don't know why you do the lottery. The odds are so ........ against you there's no chance of winning.

15) We've put an offer in for the house but it's all up in the ........ at the moment and we don't really know if we're going to get it. 

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