Unit 19 Flashcards

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1
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If someone or something is _, they are not dead.

A

alive

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A _ is a hard part of the body.

  1. any one of the hard pieces that form the frame (called a skeleton) inside a person’s or animal’s body
A

bone

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3
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To _ is to make the effort to do something.

disturb, interrubt, trouble

A

bother

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A _ is the person who leads a ship or airplane.

leader, master, head, chief

A

captain

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The _ of something is the final part of it.

end, finish, finale, result, outcome, opinion

A

conclusion

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_ is a feeling of not being sure.

uncertainty, confusion, suspicion, distrust, hesitate

  1. a feeling of being uncertain or unsure about something
  2. to be uncertain about (something); to believe that (something) may not be true or is unlikely
A

doubt

She began to doubt [=question] everything he said.
There is no doubt [=question] in my mind that he is the best student.

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To _ is to look for new places.

A

explore

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8
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If something is _, it is from a different country.

A

foreign

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9
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If you are _, you are happy.

A

glad

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_ means despite or not being influenced by something.

A

however

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_ is a lack of fairness or justice.

unfairness, prejudice, inequality, crime, error, wrong

A

injustice

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12
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If something is _, it involves more than one country.

A

international

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13
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A _ works with the law and represents people in court.

A

lawyer

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To _ something is to talk about it.

refer to, point out, state, reveal, declare

A

mention

Sorry, I won’t mention it again.
Did she mention where she was going?

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A _ is a rule.

  1. an officially accepted set of rules or ideas about what should be done
  2. an idea or belief that guides the way you live or behave
A

policy

The company operates a strict no-smoking policy.
Honesty is the best policy.

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16
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If something is _, it is about many people in a community

A

social

17
Q

A_ is something said to a group of people.

A

speech

18
Q

A _ is a group of people working together in a company

A

staff

19
Q

If you go _ something, you go closer to it.

A

toward

20
Q

_ is the thing that trees are made of.

A

wood