English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Match the adjectives on the left with the words on the right to make collocations.
1 lingering 
a events
2 fleeting 
b population
3 incipient 
c glimpse
4 inexorable 
d smile
5 persistent 
e peace negotiations
6 simultaneous 
f refusal
7 protracted 
g stages
8 transient 
h advance of time
Rewrite these sentences so that they keep the same meaning, using a form of the word in 
brackets.
1 We’ll be ready to leave in a mo. (less)
2 Most of the members of the band may be in their sixties, but they’re certainly not past it. (hill)
3 You can argue with him for ever, but he’ll never see sense. (cow)
4 Harry promised he’d get here at a rate of knots and he kept his word. (flash)
5 I’ve told her many times not to phone me at work. (repeat)
6 The two events happened at the same moment. (simultaneous)
7 The hotel staff were very good; they let me cancel the reservation just a short time before. (notice)
8 I didn’t want to make the meeting last longer. (long)
9 He had his moment of fame. Now he’s no longer famous. (be)
10 The press were excluded during the delicate negotiations. (duration)
Over to 
you
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Would you like to work for the same company for donkey’s years?
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What could you personally do happily till the cows come home?
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Do you think it’s a good thing to spend all your born days in one place?
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Can you think of something that you do once in a blue moon?
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