April

Question 1

1 to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do

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Answer 1

rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb

I knew I could rely on David.

rely on somebody/something to do something

Many working women rely on relatives to help take care of their children.

rely on/upon somebody/something for

Many people now rely on the Internet for news.

Question 2

someone or something that is ___________ can be trusted or depended on [= dependable;]

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Answer 2

Miller was a quiet and reliable man.
—reliably adverb
—reliability noun [uncountable]

Question 3

1round/square etc [uncountable and countable]
the form that something has, for example round, square, triangular etc

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Answer 3

shape
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[British English] What shape is the table?

[British English] You can recognize a tree by the shape of its leaves.

round/square etc in shape

[British English] The dining room was square in shape.
[British English] His battered old hat had completely lost its shape.

in the shape of something

[British English] a silver pin in the shape of a large bird
[British English] The plants grow in every shape and size.
[British English] The children cut out shapes (=squares, triangles etc) from the piece of cardboard.

out of shape
[British English] The wheel had been bent out of shape.

Question 4

a disadvantage of a situation, plan, product etc

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Answer 4

draw‧back [countable]

[British English] It’s a great city - the only drawback is the weather.

drawback of/to (doing) something
[British English] The main drawback to these products is that they tend to be too salty.

Question 5

1 [sentence adverb] as a result of something that you have just mentioned

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Answer 5

thus formal

Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.

! In spoken English it is more usual to use so.

Question 6

1 a strong desire to have or do something even though you know you should not

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Answer 6

temp‧ta‧tion [uncountable and countable]
1 There might be a temptation to cheat if students sit too close together.

Resist the temptation to buy the item until you’re certain you need it.

I finally gave in to the temptation and had a cigarette.