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BEG2-2103
SFL BEG 2 - 2013 - Stack 3
| word | context |
|---|---|
| earn | I ______ $30,000 a year. |
| pay | How much did you ____ for the tickets? |
| fascinated | People have always been _____ by gold. |
| promotes | A balanced diet ______ good health and normal development. |
| measures | The room ______ 6x6 metres. |
| belongs | Jose ______ to a tribe of Amazonian Indians. |
| mix | First _____ the butter and sugar together , then add the milk. |
| speed | The car was travelling at a ______ of 80 mph. |
| position | We’re not lost! I have found our _____ on the map. |
| regions | These birds live in tropical _______ in Africa and South America. |
| bike | I have a ___________. I ride it instead of driving my car to save money on fuel. |
| Tower | The Eiffel _______ is in Paris |
| symbols | The Eiffel Tower is one of the _________ of France |
| impressive | The Cathedral of Notre-Dame is in Paris. It is an old and ___________ church. (perfect) |
| flag | The French ________ is blue, white and red. It is quite a sight on a windy day. |
| capital | France is a large country in Western Europe. The ______ is Paris. |
| bread | French cuisine is one of the best in the world. The most famous French _______ is the baguette. It is very delicious. |
| delicious | French cuisine is one of the best in the world. The most famous French bread is the baguette. It is very ___________. |
| designer | Eiffel Tower's ______ was Gustave Eiffel. |
| landmark | The Arc de Triomphe is a __________ of Paris. You can see it from anywhere in the city. |
| environmentalist | David de Rothschild is an adventurer , an ____________ , and an explorer.(text 69) |
| holding | He was ________ a glass of wine in his right hand. |
| passengers | The _______ at the airport waited for their flight. |
| measures | This machine _______ your heart rate, that is, how many times it beats in one minute. |
| pay | He borrowed ten dollars. He has to ___________ back five dollars for the next two weeks. |
| dates | This house_________ back to 1650. |
| lowers | A good diet _______ the risk of heart disease. |
| lend | Banks never ______ money to the poor.(text 64) |
| departed | The plane __________ at noon. It is halfway to Istanbul now. |
| carried | She _________ the baby upstairs to bed. |
| wait | You should _______ for all the others to start eating with you. |
| turn | You may _____ on the radio if you want to. |
| rain | The weather is very cold. It may ________ tomorrow. Bring an umbrella. |
| sit | I’d love to see that play. I am going to buy a ticket for the theatre beforehand so that I may _______ near the stage |
| tell | I will ______ you something very important. Please listen to me. |
| tired | I'm ________ this morning. I didn't sleep last night. |
| explain | Our teacher isn't very good. He doesn't _________ things very clearly. |
| life | Carlo is Italian. He moved to London yesterday morning. Now, he is getting used to __________ in a different city. |
| communicate | Chimpanzees can _________ in sign language. |
| remember | I'm very worried about my exam. I cannot __________ all the things that I've studied. |
| attack | The soldiers resisted the enemy ___________ . |
| kind | What _______ of play is it? Drama or comedy? |
| perform | My sister is going to _________ a dance show tonight. |
| grow | I've decided to ______ my hair long. |
| move | The ferry started to _______ and we were across in half an hour. |
| consider | Before I accepted the job, I _____________ the salary offered to me. |
| unique | This ring I bought for my girlfriend is _______ . No-one else has one like it. |
| necessary | He lacks the ____________ skills for the job. |
| include | You can _______ spices in your meal to improve the taste. |
| couple | Susan visited the newly married ............. after the honeymoon was over. (text:29) |
| royal | Some of the ........... palaces are open for people to visit when the Queen is not there. (text:29) |
| saved | He ........... the child from the fire.(text:29) |
| protect | This warm jacket will ............. you against the cold.(text:30) |
| distance | There are many interesting monuments and places within walking ............ (text:32) |
| flexible | My mother is .............about the time I need to be home.(text:33) |
| variety | People do yoga for a ............ of reasons. (text:33) |
| supply | Two huge generators ............ electricity to farms in the area.(text:33) |
| permit | Do you need a ............... to work here? (text:34) |
| celebrate | Let's have a party to ................ your birthday.(text:35) |
| floated | Leaves ____ on the water. (text:36) |
| capacity | The stadium has a seating .............. of 50,000. (text:39) |
| reached | The temperature ............ 45°C 5 days ago. |
| support | Ali gave me a lot of ......... when I lost my job. |
| directions | Can you give me .............. to your house? |
| journey | It was a long ............ . I am very tired. |
| capital | Stockholm is the ............. of Sweden. |
| hard | I worked ........ yesterday for the exam. |
| grow | Did you ....... up Karabük? |
| during | You can't leave the table .......... dinner. Wait until everyone has finished. |
| immediately | Alberto and his friends didn't have much time, so they ............ went for a walk. |
| Guests | ........... came to my house yesterday. |
| cover | Şebnem Ferah has prepared a new album ........... . |
| among | I saw a few familiar faces ........... the crowd. (v.journal) |
| experienced | She was ........... in teaching. She taught for many years. (v.journal) |
| poisoned | Many people have been .............. from eating in the cafeteria. |
| tiring | It was a ........ day. I must rest. (text 20) |
| arrive | What time does the plane ........... in New York? (v.journal) |
| hit | The man on the motorbike saw her but could not stop and ........ her. She fell down but wasn’t badly hurt. (text 21) |
| awful | It was a ......... tragedy. |
| urban | We have to empty all .......... centers and move people to safety because there could be an earthquake. |
| abroad | I sometimes travel _____(n). For example, I have been Greece, Russia and Brazil. |
| variety | She likes a _____(n) of TV programmes. |
| order | You should try changing your chair in _________ to make your back better. |
| cough | I only feel OK after my morning cigarette; before that I _____ (v) a lot. |
| waves | The ocean ______(n) rocked the boat. |
| lies | Greenland is the biggest island in the world. It ___ (v) between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, off the coast of North America. |
| eruption | Have you ever seen an _____? We don’t have active volcanoes in Turkey any more. |
| longer | People are living _____ (adj) than before because of better healthcare. |
| depends | We will probably go on an excursion tomorrow, but it _____(v) on the weather. |
| earn | I used to enjoy writing, before it became a way to _____ (v) money. Now it is like a job. |
| environment | Wild animals live in a natural _______. (n). |
| soap operas | In Turkey, there are a lot of _______(N) from 9 to 12 on TV. |
| treated | The car was had accident, and injured people were _______ (V) in the hospital. |
| order | You should be careful at work in _______ to protect your back. |
| permission | A teenager can stay out late without _______ from parents. (L.L P:53) |
| opinion | In my _______ (N), he is an excellent worker. |
| proud | I am ______ of being a student at METU because there are a lot of successful teachers here. |
| lowest | Germany's birth rate is one of the ______(adj) in Europe. Their population is growing very slowly. |
| received | The insurance company has _______(adj) a report from the police officers. |
| believe | He said that he saw it, and l _______(V) him. |
| accident | If we don't obey the traffic rules, we'll have an _________. |
| husband | My ___________ is taller than me, so our children are also tall. |
| noisy | The children were so ____________ that the teacher had to yell to be heard. (Obstreperous) |
| exhort | Coach Calhoun tried to ___________ his team to try harder in the face of overwhelming odds. (encourage) |
| indigenous | I don't think these flowers are __________ to New England. At least I've never seen them there. (native) |
| dilettante | Roberto pretended to know a lot about the opera, but he was really just a ___________ |
| dogmatic | The professor became so forceful, so _________ in his expression of opinions, that students began to leave his course. |
| cursory | Tashonda had read the book in a __________ fashion and couldn't remember what she'd read. |
| instigating | The older child had a reputation for ________ trouble in high school, but he calmed down in college. |
| exonerated | The jury ___________ the mayor of all wrongdoing. |
| distance | There are many interesting monuments and places walking .............. . (Txt. 32) |
| qualified | The school needs some well-............... teachers. (txt. 33) |
| variety | People do yoga for a ............ of reasons. (txt 33 ) |
| supply | Two huge generators ............. electricity to farms in the area. (txt 33) |
| raw | The chicken is still ....... . We should cook it some more.(txt 47) |
| chewed | The baby ............(v2) on his meat, but it was too still difficult for him to swallow it (txt 47) |
| proud | We are ........... that we have been chosen the best university in North Cyprus. (Txt. 53) |
| difficulty | Six months after the accident, he still has ............ walking (Txt. 53) |
| responsible | Men are ............. for providing the meat. It is the women’s responsibility to gather berries. (Txt. 56) |
| exchanged | We ............... (V2) addresses and promised to write to each other. |
| threw | He _ _ _ _ _ a stone at the window and the glass broke. (vocabulary journal) |
| familiar | There were one or two _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ faces. I didn’t recognize anyone else. (vocabulary journal) |
| memorize | Students _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ words to learn vocabulary.(vocabulary journal) |
| locate | Police are still trying to _ _ _ _ _ _ the suspect. He disappeared after the crime. |
| receive | The Queen stood by the door to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her guests as they arrived at the palace. (vocabulary journal) |
| flexible | My mother is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about the time I need to be home.(vocabulary journal) |
| experienced | She was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in teaching. She taught for many years. (vocabulary journal) |
| celebrate | Let's have a party to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ your birthday.(vocabulary journal) |
| hold | The government agreed to _ _ _ _ a referendum. (vocabulary journal) |
| request | Three banks have already refused his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a loan.(vocabulary journal) |
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