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Advanced Idioms & Fixed Phrases

Conceptual idioms · academic and journalistic register · C2 precision
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Exercises practising Advanced Idioms & Fixed Phrases. Total: 24 points. Vocabulary from the C2 word bank is used throughout.
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Exercise 1
Which word is it?
12 points
Read the definition and write the word or phrase.
1
To do something the easy way, sacrificing quality or thoroughness:
2
To change the rules or criteria during a process, making it harder to succeed:
3
A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions in a field:
4
Something that has both advantages and disadvantages:
5
A sequence of problems where each one makes the others worse:
6
A turning point that marks a fundamental change:
7
Misrepresenting someone’s position to make it easier to attack:
8
Something introduced to divert attention from the real issue:
9
A result that is certain or was decided before it began:
10
Complete freedom to act however one wishes:
11
Something absolutely essential; an indispensable condition:
12
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history:
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences
12 points
Only one word or phrase from this chapter fits each sentence. Change its form if you need to.
1
Social media is a : it connects but also isolates.
2
Trust is the of any effective working relationship.
3
The moon landing was a in human history.
4
The contractor to finish ahead of schedule, and the building was unsafe.
5
The politician’s personal life is a in the policy debate.
6
The internet caused a complete in how information is distributed.
7
The board gave the new CEO to restructure the company.
8
Poverty leads to poor education, which leads to more poverty — a .
9
The film perfectly captured the of the 1960s counterculture.
10
Claiming your opponent wants to abolish all law is a .
11
Every time we met their demands, they .
12
Given the evidence, the verdict was a .

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