Collocations

Question 1

a defeat by a large amount:
a grand defeat
a heavy defeat
a high defeat

Answer 1

a heavy defeat

Question 2

defeat by a small amount:
low
narrow
thin

Answer 2

narrow

Question 3

defeat that is very big and complete:
crushing
smashing
squashing

Answer 3

crushing

Question 4

in the last game of the season, the team ___ a humiliating defeat.
gained
knew
suffered

Answer 4

suffered

Question 5

he is a determined man, and very unlikely to ___ defeat.
accept
agree
allow

Answer 5

accept

Question 6

an economy that is not strong:
backwards
thin
weak

Answer 6

weak

Question 7

economy that is extremely strong and succesfull

Answer 7

a booming economy

Question 8

economy that is steady, rather than being strong or weak

Answer 8

a stable economy

Question 9

an economy that is starting to become less strong than before

Answer 9

a flagging economy

Question 10

the proposal is aimed at attracting tourism and ___ the economy

Answer 10

boosting

Question 11

reports suggest that the economy is unlikely to ___ before next week

Answer 11

recover

Question 12

a belief that you really feel is true

Answer 12

a sincere belief

Question 13

a belief that you believe very much

Answer 13

a deeply-held belief

Question 14

a belief that a lot of people have

Answer 14

a common belief

Question 15

his new book shows that he no longer ___ this belief

Answer 15

holds

Question 16

a flight within a country

Answer 16

domestic flight

Question 17

flight traveling a long distance

Answer 17

a long-haul flight

Question 18

a plane service that flies at the same time every day of the week

Answer 18

a scheduled flight

Question 19

our plane was late leaving heathrow, so we missed the ___ flight to Kuwait

Answer 19

connecting

Question 20

his phone rang just as he was ___ a flight to new york

Answer 20

boarding

Question 21

effect that is very big and sudden

Answer 21

dramatic effect

Question 22

effect that you can clearly see

Answer 22

visible

Question 23

a very small effect

Answer 23

negligible

Question 24

the effect you want

Answer 24

the desired effect

Question 25

a bad effect

Answer 25

adverse effect

Question 26

an effect that continues for a long time

Answer 26

long-term effect

Question 27

effect that is good, or that helps someone or something

Answer 27

beneficial effect

Question 28

a big gap

Answer 28

wide

Question 29

gap between older and younger people

Answer 29

generation gap

Question 30

gap that cannot be closed

Answer 30

unbridgeable

Question 31

he was twenty years her older, but they seemed very happy despite the ___ gap

Answer 31

age

Question 32

the focus of economic policy had been to ___ the gap between the rich and the poor

Answer 32

bridge