Lexis Usage 18

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1. Joan, meanwhile, who was un___________ to have children, remained in Africa and showe____________ her mat_____________ love onto the orph___________ animals she cared ____________.
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unable, showered, maternal, orphaned, for
2. ______ 1982, Alan met a woman who he would _____________ it difficult to ext________________ himself from.
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In, find, extricate
3. Jennie was dia___________ with leukaemia and was g________ two years to live.
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diagnosed, given
4. Making films together in the future was __________ of the question.
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out
5. We had something unique and very special and I am broken-h______________ that I scre____________ it up.
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broken-hearted, screwed
6. Joan's neighbours realised that roses would th_____________ in the area, and dem__________ for the blooms was high.
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thrive, demand
7. The fer______________ soil and warm climate were ri_________ for exploitation.
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fertile, ripe
8. This boo_____________ new industry brought economic and ecological problems in its w____________.
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booming, wake
9. The flower farms have dis_________________ the ecological balance.
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disrupted
10. The refugees, who were den____________ work, ended ________ living in slums - cont_____________________ the lake with human waste - and had no other op______________ but to become poa______________ to sur____________.
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denied, up, contaminating, option, poachers, survive
11. She decided to _______________ action.
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take
12. Her position as a lone woman made her an easy ta____________. She talked about how people tried to t_____________ advantage __________ her.
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target, take, of
13. ______ one occasion, after going to the bank in Nairobi to get the pa___________ for her workers, she was car______________ ______ gunpoint and beaten.
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On, payroll, carjacket, at
14. After inst________________ steel doors and window gri___________ she became what she had always dre___________: a living creature conf_________ to a cage.
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installing, grilles, dreaded, confined
15. John was ________ an assignment in Tanzania.
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on
16. Too much in love ___________ the lake to leave it and too stubb__________ to surr______________, she had made a last st___________ on her land.
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with, stubborn, surrender, stand
17. I have written you so many letters in my he_________, but when I try to write I go to pi_______________.
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head, pieces
18. You need a good family to back you ______ and a pride _____ your own identity.
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up, in
19. People see how we stand ________ for _________ other at school.
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up, each
20. She went abroad ________ herself as a ref___________
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by, refugee

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