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Puzzling prepositions

 Choose a preposition to complete the following sentences. I'm not good ___ remember ing names.     - / FOR / AT Too much caffeine is bad ___ you.     TO / FOR / ON Are you afraid ___ heights?     OF / IN / TO     Who is he married ___?     WITH / TO / - Our boss is going to marry ___ his personal assistant.     WITH / TO / - She's worried ___ her financial situation.     FOR / ABOUT / IN He didn't look pleased ___ see me.     TO / FOR / AT I was shocked ___ what I saw.     IN / BY / FOR What are you looking ___?     TO / - / AT What do you think ___ our new colleague?     TO / OF / IN Have you ever thought ___ mov ing house?     ABOUT / TO / IN He arrived ___ work half an hour late.     - / AT / TO My teacher isn't easy ___ understand at times.      IN / FOR / TO   I am fed up ___ my job.      TO / WITH / BY She was wearing the same dress ___ my wife.     LIKE / THAN / AS I am not respons i ble ___ this mess.     BY / TO / FOR I rely ___ the tra

Body idioms F & H

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Source: Kira auf der Heide en Unsplash Match the following expressions to their definitions. Then make some examples of your own with them. I can't face go ing to work tomorrow. The boss has called a meeting for first thing in the morning. I stayed out all night drinking with my friends. When I got home, I had to face the music from my wife. Let's face it , we both know that this relationship is going nowhere. He was going to change career but he got cold feet . She eventually found a job with an international firm. She always manages to land on her feet . I've put my foot in it again. I asked Sarah where her husband was. I didn't realize that they had broken up. You should put your foot down otherwise your boss will think that he can call you whenever he wants. I knew there was something wrong but I couldn't put my finger on what it was . I was all fingers and thumbs and I dropped the ipad. At the end of a difficult week she went out with her fr

FCE / CAE Open Cloze Text

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Complete the following text with a suitable word. Inequality between rich and poor has hit record highs, OECD warns In Spain, 18% of the population lives below poverty line, twice as many as before the crisis Inequality between the rich and the poor has reached  (1) highest level in certain countries since the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) began keeping records 30 years ago. The crisis has widened this gap in economies  (2) as Spain’s,  (3) to, among other factors, higher taxation and social spending cuts. A new report entitled In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All shows that “wealth is even more concentrated at the top  (4) income, exacerbating the overall disadvantage of low-income households.” The study is based (5)  data from the 34 countries that  (6) up the OECD, which is an international economic organization aimed  (7) stimulating economic progress and world trade. Among the 34 members are 21 of the 28 European Union s