End-of-semester revision (sem. 7)

___ in hospital for several weeks, she was delighted to be back home.

Famished means starving.

When a tree is cut down its remaining part in the land is called _______

The synonym of death is ...

The Socialist Workers' Party seemed to split into several ___________ .

Did John finish the report?

___ by all the attention, he thanked everyone for the cake and presents.

A retaliatory action is one that is harmful to someone who has done something to harm you.

Used when talking about land or soil that plants grow well in.

_____________ the channels, I came across an old war movie.

The opposite of sufficient.

Someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act

The student sat in front of the computer and wrote his essay.

A long, thin knife used for assassination acts in the past.

A futile attempt is successful and full of effort.

It was only after we'd had the car for a few days that we realized we'd been _________ by the dealer.

The synonym of foreseeable

What did they do at the weekend?

A temperate climate has severe temperatures with extremes of heat and cold.

The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.

Which football team do you support?

What does he do at the weekend?

His accountant had aided and ______ him in the fraud.

Eavesdropping attacks are typical for cyber criminals.

The company__________ trading in June.

This scandal could seriously ___________ his chances of being re-elected.

On ___ her former owner, the dog ran across the room to greet him.

Taxes provide most of the government's revenue.

I’d like to know how do you say this in English.

___ lunch, I sat in the garden with a drink.

(of prices, etc.) to rise quickly to a very high level.

The senator has been in the _________ recently since the revelation of his tax frauds.

A denuded area may contribute to erosion.

The building collapsed, ___ two people.

Vegetation becomes _________ higher up the mountains.

When are you going to finish the project?

I've made a few last-minute ___________ to the article.

___ by the sun, she didn't see the pedestrian crossing the road.

The synonym of prevalence is infrequency.

The novel _________ French society in the 1930s.

I’d like to know how long you’ve been working for your company.

Can you tell me whether you offer a discount for new clients?

Espionage is different from spying.

___ under normal clothes, a thermal layer keeps you warm in minus temperatures.

We __________ an entire season of "Breaking Bad" on Sunday.

Making people think seriously about a particular subject or issue.

I didn’t want to break the law. I called the police instead.

Even minor infringements of the law will be severely punished.

Attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way.

When was the building constructed?