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

Unit 74
 74.1
1 perfect
2 lame / flimsy / weak
3 flimsy
4 cast-iron / perfect
5 sincere / heartfelt
 74.2
1 flimsy
2 cast-iron
3 lame
4 heartfelt
5 detailed
6 good
 74.3
1 Matt apologised to Gina for breaking her vase.
2 The criminal did not 
show any (sign of) repentance for the inhumane way in which he had acted.
3 The trial 
ended in acquittal.
4 Sam 
did not explain why he had behaved so strangely.
 74.4
1 The President granted him a reprieve just an hour before he was due to be executed.
2 He was 
acquitted of murder in 2014, but two years later was convicted of armed robbery in the 
same courtroom.
3 She showed a complete lack of 
remorse 
/
 repentance for her evil deeds and just laughed when 
the judge sentenced her.
4 The Public Inquiry 
exonerated him from all blame for the accident at the factory.
5 Just before he died, the old man said he 
repented of all the bad things he had done in his life.
6 Ten years after his death, Daniel Taylor was given a 
posthumous pardon by the government when 
another man confessed to the crime he had been hanged for.
7 He treated her badly and she says she simply cannot 
forgive and forget.
8 The 
ceasefire is due to start at 9 pm.

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 74.5 
Suggested answers:
1 The two armies 
declared / announced / agreed a truce / ceasefire during the religious holiday.
2 Both governments 
agreed / assented to the terms of the peace treaty and it was signed on 15 
August 1954.
3 The long-standing