Mixed Bag of Words

1. After his heavy defeat in the local elections he decided to ________ from the campaign for the Presidency.

2. The council members were dissatisfied with the wording of the recommendation, but passed it after ________ had been agreed.

3. I enjoyed that book so much that I read it from ________ to end in one day.

4. The people who objected to the new road were told that since work had already started there was no point in ________.

5. Ann refused to take _______ in the preparations for the school concert.

6. If you want to telephone him you will have to ________ the number in the book.

7. As my exam is next week, I’ll take advantage of the day off to ________ on some reading.

8. The trader asked a high price, but I managed to ________.

9. I congratulate you on your ________ in jewelry.

10. Ask the publishers to send you their latest _____ of English text-books.

11. She ________ all her savings from the bank to pay for her flight to Australia.

12. Not knowing he had ________ out with his girl friend, I made the mistake of inviting them both to the party.

13. My father had to take private pupils in order to ________ his salary as a teacher.

14. Yesterday Stephen studied for five hours ________.

15. Inflation is very hard on people of ________ means.

16. His carelessness ________ the whole enterprise.

17. When I was staying in Germany last year, I ____ quite a lot of German.

18. ________ 100 if you want to speak to the telephone operator.