to a............... something means to get it, for example by buying it he had a............ a reputation as a troublemaker to ac................... knowledgeNoun: ac.................the ac............... of language let me show you my recent ac.............. (something I got recently)

acquireacquisition

if you make an a....................., you say that you have done something wrong or something that people will not approve ofCollocates: an ad.................. of something an ad................. thatwhat he said was not an admission of guiltthere was no admission that any change had taken placeVerb: a...........Adverb: ad...................Collocates: a............ doing something a............ to (doing) something a.................. thathe a............ to being a liar ad....................ly, the problems this creates are enormous

admission ofadmitadmittedly

an a................. is a large number of soldiers who are trained to fight on land in wars the Austrian a............. was completely defeated

army

c..................... is behaviour that deliberately tries to avoid any danger or problemsCollocates: advise c................ great/extreme c.............. do something with c.............. exercise c.................c............... is advised when driving in snowAdjective: c............... Adverb: c..............she's c.................... about investing such a large sum she held out her hand c....................ly

cautioncautiouscautiously

a com................... is an officer in charge of a group of soldiers or of a military operationJames Bond was a navy c........................Verb: c.....................each regiment was c.................... by a colonel

commandercommand

a d.................. is a ruler who has complete power in a country Noun: d....................he was very active against the di.................

a dictatordictatorship

if there is a f.............. l............ between two qualities, they are very similar and one could easily become the same as the other.Collocates: a f....... l...... between things walk/tread a f.......... l.....the f........ l............. between being cooked and overcooked the script walks a f......... l........... between realism and fantasy

a fine line

your g.......... are the parts of the cells in your body that control how you grow and develop. G............... is the study of genes and the way they influence us. You use g.............. when talking about things that relate to genes and geneticsCollocates: g.................. modified/engineered

genesgeneticsgenetic(ally)

a g........................ is a formal promise by the maker of a product to repair or replace it if it breaks or does not work properly. Collocates: come with a g............... be under g.................the washing machine came with a three-year g.......................it's still under g............ Verb: g...................all our cars are fully g.................... for 12 months

guarantee

a h................ is something that is dangerous and might cause damage to someone or somethingCollocates: a fire h...............a health h................. pose a h.................constitute a h...............the chemicals pose a h............. to human health moisture constitutes a h.............. for buildings and their occupantsAdjective: h......................a h................. job flying through the storm was especially h.................

hazardhazardous

if you have an in.................... to do something, you have decided that you want to do itCollocates: an in.................. to do something an in................. of doing something have/be full of good in.................... announce/express an in.....................buying a new car wasn't my original in..................Verb: i............Adjective: i..............Adverb: i.....................Collocates: in............. to do something in.................. someone to do somethingyou should never in........................ harm another person

intentionintendintentional(ly)

when an army in............... a country, it goes in there and uses force to take control of the countryGermany in............. Poland at the start of the Second World WarNoun: in.............. Adjective: in.............. Noun(person): i................the in................. took control of the entire country within weeks

invadeinvasioninvadinginvader

a l................. is a piece of paper or a small book containing information about somethinga l................. about the local gym

leaflet

if you have an ob.................. with something, you think about it or do it all the time and cannot change your behaviourCollocates: an ob............... with (doing) somethingshe had an unhealthy o................ with social mediaCollocates: be ob................. with somethinghe grew up completely ob................. with football why are people so ob................ with celebrities?

obsession

o................. is having the belief that good things are going to happen in the futureCollocates: op................... about somethingeveryone I spoke with expressed o.............. about the project Adjective: op.................Adverb: o....................Noun(person): op.................Collocates: op.............. about something | o................ thatare you op................ about the future?

optimismoptimistic(ally)optimist

a p....... is an arrangement of things on top of each othera p....... of books a p....... of junk in the corner of the room Verb: p.......she sat at a desk p....... high with papers

pile

you use p..................... to refer to someone or something who might develop into a particular type of person or thing in the the futurewho are your current and p................ customers?Noun: p............... Adverb: p...................she never realised her true p................p...................... dangerous weather conditions

potential(ly)

if one thing p................. another, it happens before the other thingtheories in physics often p................... actual observation Adjective: pr...................prices moved up more slowly in October than inthe pr.................. few months

precedepreceding

p.......................... is the act of buying something. Verb: p.................... Noun(person): p................the original property was p................... in 1933 the house was sold to a private p......................

purchasepurchaser

to p............... with something that you do not like or do not want means to accept it in a patient way without complainingI can't p................... that noise any longer

put up with

to r...................... something means to get it back after it was taken away, thrown away, or almost destroyedpolice have re.................. the stolen jewellery the money taken during the robbery has never been r......................

recover

if you r.................. something you like, you stop yourself from doing it or having it even though you want to. Collocates: r.............. (doing) something r................. (the)temptation (to do something)I can never r............... chocolate Adjective: r............. Noun: r..................Collocates: be r............... to something r................. to somethingshe is in no mood to offer r...................

resistresistantresistance

if you s................ somewhere, you start to live there permanentlyhe settled in Birmingham after the warNoun(person): s.................European s................ arrived, starting around 1845

settlesettler

to s................. things means to look through them and arrange them in smaller groups according to size, type etc s............ your kitchen waste into food, glass and plastic he began to s.............. and arrange his papers

sort

if you sp............... someone or something, you provide money for a particular event or activity. Noun(person): sp............... Noun: sp......................corporate sp.................... is a popular marketing tool

sponsorsponsorship

a st......... of things is a large pile of them my clothes were all folded up in s...............Verb: s................five large cardboard boxes were neatly st.............. by the front door lift them very carefully and st............. them ready to use again

stack

a t................. is a military vehicle that is made of very strong and thick metal to protect it, that has several guns, and that can travel over difficult groundthe Soviets won a fierce t............ battle at Kursk in 1943

tank

a tr.................... is a very horrible and upsetting experience that affects you for a long timehe reacted badly to the tr............. of his father's death Adjective: tr................ Verb: tr...................the treatment may be emotionally tr............... for many children it tr................. her for life

traumatraumatictraumatise

a v.............. is someone who was involved in something for a long time, or a long time ago. Adjective: v...............a v............... politician, known for his socialist views

veteran