Water, milk, butter or cream? (b)

1. [Match]

Can you complete these uses of the words above?

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. It’s disastrous if ………… leave their own countries for other jobs abroad. (correct)
• 2. He’s ………….. for applying for another job without telling his boss. (correct)
• 3. I think you were silly to turn that job down – but it’s no use crying over …… . (correct)
• 4. Their business is in trouble, but they are just about keeping their heads ……… . (correct)
• 5. By the time the manager left ………… the company of several thousand pounds. (correct)
• 6. The railway needed upgrading – but they should never have privatised it. They just threw …… . (correct)
• 7. His parents were against him going travelling – until ……. a bit. (correct)
• 8. My coffee is too strong – I need to …. . (correct)
• 9. Everyone knew who the whistle-blower was – but he just sat there, looking …. . (correct)
• 10. We argued a lot when I first started working here, but that‘s all ……. now. (correct)
• 11. He took to medical research …. . (correct)
• 12. She’s planning to become a full-time writer – but the office job is her …. . (correct)
• 13. She was warned she was going to fail her exam – but it was just …. . (correct)
• 14. He enjoys the …. work in the classroom more than the management aspect of the job. (correct)
• 15. He was never happy while he was working for the bank – he felt …. . (correct)
• 16. The local music school has …. many of the most able children. (correct)
• 17. The MP got …. over his comments about the unemployed.
  immigration.
  (correct)
• 18. Once she’d …. her most impractical suggestions the staff seemed more than willing to try them. (correct)
• 19. The opposition party has promised a future of abundance and prosperity – …. . (correct)
• 20. I like my coffee …. . (correct)