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5. Paraphrase the following sentences using the essential vocabulary:
1. Please, will somebody start the discussion? 2. Mrs Cassidi was 
fully determined to give her son a good education. 3. If you don’t want 
to get some lung disease you must give up smoking altogether. 4. Is 
there any wonder she felt injured about your criticism, it was so bit-
ter. 5. Let’s resolve this problem once and for all. 6. After many at-
tempts the scientist eventually managed to carry out his experiment 
successfully. 7. She knew so many things that the average girl of eight 
did not know. 8. She paid no attention to the hint. 9 When working 
he always keeps his tools within easy reach. 10. Pull yourself to-
gether, and start from the very beginning.
6. Use the essential vocabulary in answering the following questions:
1. When do people carry a chip on their shoulder? 2. What do some 
people do when they are in a tight corner and they can see no way 
out? 3. Why didn’t you have a chance to tell him what you think of 

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the whole situation before he left? 4. Why hasn’t the orchestra played 
yet? 5. Why does the man keep working when he must be in so much 
pain after the accident? 6. What did his poor answer imply about his 
knowledge of the subject? 7. What do you do with your test paper 
after finishing it? 8. Why can’t you put these questions on the ex-
amination paper? 9. When did the robbers manage to escape? 10. Why 
wasn’t Mary able to express herself clearly?
7. Choose the right word (“to ignore”, “to neglect” or their derivatives)
1. The easiest way is to just … ... the letter, act as if I’ve never got 
it. 2. Sometimes he was so busy that he ….. to shave for a day, often 
his shirts needed changing and he ….. these too. 3. She ... him, and let 
him standing with an outstretched hand. 4. The children were suffer-
ing from ... . 5. For a week afterwards he ... the financial pages. 6. He 
is also absorbed in sports to the ... of his studies. 7. If any exceptions 
to these rules occurred, they were quite simply ... . 8. The house was 
in a ... state. 9. The young officer decided that he could safely ... the 
whole thing. 10. ... of the truth he committed the crime.