Lexis Usage (lesson 16-23)

_____ the end, everything fell a ___________ and I moved a ___________.

in. apart, away

_______ the outset, he was incredibly generous _______ friends.

at, to

A healthy lifestyle is possible ___________________ the affluent.

among

A little suffering now will also sa_______ them from a lot of suffering in the future.

save

According to opp_________________ of corporal punishment, spa_____________ a child does not create strong individuals.

opponents, spanking

After the operation, I was told to take things ______________________ for a month or two.

easy

Alerted by the ra _________ voice, she entered the room.

raised

Anne took his criticisms very much to h___________________.

heart

At first she refused to j_________ ______ the bandwagon but then she got back ______ touch _________ Mark and their love was rek ______________.

jump on, in, with, rekindled

Bear them no m ________. Be fore___________ and let go _____ your resen ________.

malice, forbearing, of, resentment

Beating a child is an ____________ of violence.

act

Beating dep____________ them of character and br________ the spirit of the child.

deprives, breaks

Beating the children will lead to perp___________________________ the vicious _________________ of violence in the family.

perpetuating, circle,

Becoming sp_______________ children, they lack moral fi_______________ and are unprepared for the cha_________________________ of real life.

spoilt, fibre, challenges

Bending o________ the cage ___________ he kept his companion, he opened his mouth a __________ to speak.

over, where, about

Both parents and children _____________ prey to food advertising.

fall

Brenda is being difficult about the divorce just to pay him ________________ ___________ leaving her.

back for

Brenda remains incandescent at being dum ________________.

dumped

But 0 years later, they were bo______ older and wi _________.

both, wiser

Carlos was tactful and for________________________ even when I was impatient and angry.

forbearing

Child ab___________ cannot be a leg________________________ means of influencing behaviour.

abuse, legitimate

Children follow their t_______________ buds and not reason.

taste

Don't __________ attention __________ their teasing. Just ______________ a deaf ear __________ it.

pay, to, turn, to

Don't take anything he said to ____________________ - he was drunk.

heart

Eat foods which are rich _________ vitamins.

in

Experts say there is gro_____________ evidence that musicians' brains look and work differently from ___________ of oth __________.

growing, these, others

From the a________ of seven he was c _________ in movies.

age, cast

Get yourself va_____________________ against flu.

vaccinated

He began the paper r ________ in August, after tu ___________.

round, turning

He continued shouting, flying into a pa ___________.

passion

He doesn’t intend to throw ________ the towel but take the bull _____ the h_________.

in, by, horns

He failed the aud_____________ because he wasn’t ____________ looking enough. He decided to un_________________ surgery after which he hopes to win ____________ his audience with his friendly fe_______________.

audition, good, undergo, over, features

He had tre__________________ to remove some of his hair in order to cool himself ___________ in summer.

treatment, down

He has hair ______ 9 percent of his body because of a hormone im _____________.

on, imbalance

He needs to have the eyes wid ____________, a plastic surgeon said.

widened,

He said he would try to look for ___________ work.

other

He spoke slowly holding _________ the tears still well______ _____ in his eyes.

back, welling up

He was fighting ongoing custody ba __________ for acc________ to two daughters.

battles, access

He was gazing _____ his master ________ a great d_______ of expectancy.

at, with deal

He'll probably go out with Samantha, my ex-girlfriend, just to _____________ his own back __________ me.

get, on

Hell hath no f___________ like a woman sc ___________.

fury, scorned

Her refusal to move into the house was _________ revenge _____________ what Mark had done to her.

in, for

His extraordinarily messy love li_________ has come full ci ________ and he will remarry ________ woman he first wed.

life, circle, the

I didn't invite her to my party because she didn't invite me to hers. It was just tit _____________ ____________.

tit for tat

I fully accept that it was wrong of the guards to re_____________________ with blows and kicks.

retaliate

I had to en_________ many court ca _______, all from people who felt ent__________ to a sl________ of the money I had won.

endure, cases, entiteled, slice

I have missed __________ on so much with her.

out

I realise how to_____ it must be ______ you to go ____________ chocolate doughnuts.

tough, for, without

I still haven't paid him __________________ for the way he embarrassed me at the party.

back

I thought he was going to wish me w _______, but instead he chu _________ his pint of beer all __________ me.

well, chucked, over

I thought I could s_______ fire _____ their office.

set, to

I took the keys ______ my solicitor and told him to hand them _________ to her solicitor.

to, over

I wanted them to help sh_________ me from unwanted att ____________.

shield, attention

I will d________ them to despair and they will need hospital tr_____________ for shock.

drive, treatment

I will get my b________ on you and then we will get e__________. I know how to do the dirty _______ you.

back, even. on

I will t_______ your life into a nightmare and when justice has been d_________, I will gr _____ from _______ to ________ and say: 'it serves them r ________.'

turn, done, grin, ear, ear, right

I'll ov___________________ your mistake this time.

overlook

I've always been sear_____________ for Bridget but in o_____________ people.

searching, other

If I could t ________ the clock b ________, I would fo__________ Paul's example.

turn, back, follow

If they made a mistake, try to ove________ it. Just take it in your s ________. There is no p_______ in getting up ______. Take it ________ and don't even think of cro______ swords with anyone. It will ______ you good.

overlook, stride, point, upset, easy, crossing, do

In a w______, I o__________ the three other ladies I married an apology.

way, owe,

In the 1590s central heating was dism_________ in Britain _____ 'hygienic decadence'.

dismissed, as

In the process, she got _______________________ on her ex-husband and became rich, famous, and happy.

revenge

Instead of comp________________, there will be rejection.

compliance

Instead of facing ________ to challenges there will be fear _________ failure.

up, of

It can even b ________ IQ _____ as much as seven points.

boost, by

It hadn't cr___________ her mind that he now had gazillions of pounds ______ the bank.

crossed, in

It is _________ considerable reg ________ ________ we inform you that your contract of employment ________ Letterbox Direct will be term _______________ for rea ____________ of redu ______________ with e ____________ from 9th October.

with, regret, that, with, terminated, reasons, redundancy, effect

It robs them ________ their se____________ of security, dep______________ them of happiness and turns them into vict______________ rather than victors.

of, sense, deprives, victims

It was at this jun ___________, with the th_________ of a life in Essex loo____________ large before him, that Bridget got b___________ in touch.

juncture, threat, looming, back

It was my dad who suggested g___________ Mark a call to get the windows fi ________.

giving, fixed

It was the c___________ b ____________ a storm. A week later, Brenda went ________ at the d___________ end.

calm, before off, deep

Katie came ro_________ and got _____ like a house _____ fi_______ _______ Bridget.

round, on, on fire with

Kids gorge _________ ice-cream and sweets to cope __________ stress ________ their lives.

on, with, in

Kim was furious _________ being dumped.

at

Later that day, whites re_________________________ by killing a young black delivery driver.

retaliated

Learning a musical instrument can also m _______ it easier to pick ____ new languages.

make, up

Life in ______________ city is a _____________________ for survival.

the, struggle

Make s_____________ you never _________ hungry and wear several la_____________ of clothing.

sure, go, layers

Mark has always been a b________ of a Jack the ___________.

bit, lad

Mark hurt Brenda badly and she vowed to get _______________ with him some day.

even

Mark's marriage _____ Kim fell a _________ a year or ______ before he won the Lottery.

to, apart, so

Most kids get teased a bit at school - they have to learn to ________________ it in their s_________________.

take, stride

Most of those po _______, admitted rep__________ other people in k ______, either by ret _____________ favours or exa ___________ rev __________ for past unkind acts.

polled, repaying, kind, returning, exacting, revenge

My mother used to ram h ________ to me the importance of ca _________ for family.

home, caring

Not only __________ it make it easier to p ________ up other languages, musicians are able to pick _______ _______ others are feeling just on the t ______ of their voices.

does, pick, out, what, tone

One _____ one, they took ad _____________ of me.

by, advantage

Overhearing his threats and seeing his fierce ex ___________ and his cl__________ fists wav__________ in the air, she immediately realised __________ had happened.

expression, clenched, waving, what

People who take re________ are usually dissatisfied _______ life, have a smaller c _____ of friends and, at the _______ of the day, they earn less money.

revenge, with, circle, end

Positively recip___________ people are sensitive to incen___________ and also t________ to earn more money.

reciprocla, incentives, tend

Research suggests that pract __________ scales and ch_______ and mas ___________ complex patt __________ of notes changes _______ shape of ______ brain.

practising, chords, mastering, patterns, the, the

Researchers concluded that people who ap_______ a tit- ______-______ attitude _____ life are more lik _______ to be unemployed and have a smaller ci ________ of friends.

apply, tit-for-tatm to, likely, circle

She bought a property that needed doing __________.

up

She did the __________________ on her husband by telling her daughter that he was not her father.

dirty

She is going to ________________ her own back on Mark for dumping her.

get

She is seeking rev____________________ for the murder of her husband.

revenge

She realised she had shot herself _____ the f________.

in the foot

She said I was a reck_________ drunk who would drink his winnings __________.

reckless, away

She soon f_________ pregnant ___________their son, James.

fellm with

She wanted to get her own ______________ ___________ Liz for ruining her party.

back on

She was swearing so much _____________ it was difficult to get the g________ of ____________ she was saying.

that, gist, what

Should they be passive observers when their flesh and ________________ get into a b___________ alley of mistakes from which there is _________ escape and for which they will have ______________ dearly in the future?

blood, blind, no, pay

Shouldn’t parents do something to save them ________________ those mistakes?

from

Sooner or later, they will either rebel _____________________ the authority of the parent and treat their father or mother ___________ a tormentor _______________ than a loving parent.

against, as, rather

Strict upbringing is said to b_____________ character, str______________________ integrity and create champions rather than w______________.

build, strenghten, wimps

Take vitamin pills ________ a regular b___________________.

on, basis

Teachers were turning a __________________ eye _________ smoking in school.

blind, to

The boy stood _____ and paced the room deep _____ thought.

up, in

The childhood sweethearts were reun ___________.

reunited

The children who experience the occ________________________ sl ___________, which ________________ them no harm, have an opportunity to ta____________ suffering which toughens them _______ and works won________________ with their character.

occasional, slap, does, taste, up, wonders

The company assured him that opp_________________ for redep_____________ within the company had been fully ass ______________.

opportunities, redeployment, assessed

The final st____________ was Christmas 00, __________ we went _________ holiday ________ Barbados and Brenda was so mo___________ all the time.

straw, when on, to, moody

The parts of the brain that con _________ mo________ skills, hearing and memory become larger. Esse ____________, the arch______________ of the brain changes.

control, motor, Essentially, architecture

The pay amounted ______ £,9.

to

The people I got invo__________ with didn't have the qua___________ that Bridget has.

involved, qualities

The policeman who fined me was just doing his job, and I ______________ him no malice.

bear/bore

The staff knew what was going on but they turned a _____________________ eye.

blind

The statement claimed that the bombing was in revenge _____________ the assassination of their leader.

for

There appears to be no suitable alternative jobs ava __________ at pr ________.

available present

There is no p_________ in being angry and t__________ things too much _____ heart. Nothing good will come ______ it.

point, taking, to, of

There were lots of other people in there, but I _________________ no notice of them.

took

They believe that a parent must be an authority f________________ rather than a m__________ because it is his responsibility to g______________ the child rather than give advice, to lead rather than to f_______________.

figure, mate, guide, follow

They deprived him ______ his favourite food.

of

They gorge __________ food to kill the pain of da__________ life.

on, daily

They moved us _____ a different hotel each day in ___________ our location was le___________ to the press.

to, in case, leaked

They reportedly launched successful paternity cl _________ after Mark won the Lottery to pay ma_____________________ towards two other girls he is all___________ to have fathered.

claims, maintenance, alleged

This action was undoubtedly in re________________________ for last week's bomb attack.

retaliation

This concept of partnership, however, according to prop_____________________ of strict up______________________, only erodes and unde__________________ parental aut___________________.

proponents, upbringing, undermines, authority

This is how the world ca __________to know about the ongoing trava__________ and affairs of the heart of Mark Gardiner.

came, travails,

This will help develop mu_____________ trust and understanding and encourage co-operation where the parent is a partner ___________than an authority f_______.

mutual, rather, figure

Those bastards will get the sh______ of their lives. I will cr______ them and b________ their business ______ bankruptcy.

shock, crush, bring, to

Those primitive creatures don’t care __________ her feelings or her inn______ life.

about, inner

Those who favour the New Testament ma________ of tur _______ the ________ cheek, are more likely to enjoy ful _____________ in life.

maxim, turning, other, fulfilment

Those who have enjoyed sh__________________ upbringing by hel_____________ parents in a stress-fr____________ env_________________________ are said to have and no character.

sheltered, helicopter, stress-free, environment

Those who have never ________ a beating are said to have no bac ____________.

got, backbone

Those who receive this trea______________ are likely to release their p_______-up anger and vent their frustrations ____________ their own children in the future.

treatment, pent-up, on

Through dialogue children will understand their parents’ exp__________________ and will learn the difference between right and _________________.

expectations, wrong

Trying to escape unwanted pub _________, he enco _______________ jealousy whe___________ he went.

publicity, encountered, wherever

Was phoning Mark about her windows a pre___________ to engi___________ a reconc _________________?

pretext, engineer, reconciliation

We have to do everything _____ the book.

by

We were bick_________ about the smallest things. Even _______, I split _____ with her.

bickering, Eventually, up

What did he do? He __________________ revenge on his employers by setting fire to the factory.

took

What enraged his ex-wives was the si__________ of him grin________ from _________ to ________ as he posed __________ a photograph with a giant cheque.

sight, grinning ear, ear, with

What seems a much better alt_________________ is dialogue _________ children.

allternative, with,

When children rebel _____________ authority, parents should __________ action.

against, take

When I first met her she had been hurling abuse at her daughters-in-law who _______________ no notice whatsoever.

took

When we came b_______ home, the press were still parked out ______ our doorstep.

back, on

Whether you like it _____ not, you are now public pro _________.

or, property

While Britain built badly ins__________ terraced housing in Victorian times, apartment bl__________ were ris _________ in Russia heated with su ___________ energy from p____________ plants.

insulated, blocks, rising, surplus, power

While explaining things __________ children is important, there are ti___________ when it is like talking to a ________________ wall.

to, times, brick

Will his fifth bride be able to hang _________ to her man?

on

You are thinking of looking for a good m______________ because you have begun to t___________ with the idea of marriage.

match, toy

You have enrolled _________ a course __________ painting.

on, in

You think you are a beautiful person ___________ the inside.

on

You will not be requ___________ to work your not _______ period.

required, notice