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FOCUS ON VOCABULARY

Give verbs corresponding to these explanations.

1. stop doing something

2. make suitable for a new use, need, situation

3. decide firmly, resolve, make up one’s mind

4. form an opinion about

5. do what one is trying to do

6. put up with sth without protest

Give synonyms.

Fill in correct prepositions.

1. He insisted ... the truth of the story.

2. Police have finally succeeded ... solving the mystery.

3. Must you persist … misunderstanding me?

4. I’ve no tolerance … bad manners.

5. Judging … what everyone says about him, I’d say he’s got a good chance of winning.

Give the opposites.

Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1. custom – habit

a) Every country has its ________s.

b) She is a slave of her ________s.

c) It’s a ________ in Japan to take off your shoes before entering a house.

d) He has a ________ of coughing before he speaks.

e) In Hong Kong I learnt a lot about Chinese ________s.

2. patience – tolerance

a) The natives had no ________ for the tourists who could not speak their language.

b) People should have enough religious ________.

c) After 3 hours waiting for the train our _______ was exhausted.

d) He has a low ________ for stupidity.

e) Learning to talk again after his accident required great ________.

3. change – adapt – adjust – assimilate

a) We ________ ourselves to the hot weather.

b) She ________ herself to the heat of the country very quickly.

c) I must ________ my watch, it’s a little slow.

d) Some people ________ easily to living in new places; some don’t.

e) You’ve ________ such a lot since I last saw you.

f) Some foreigners ________ easily to our way of life.

Fill in the gaps to complete the phrases. Give alternatives where possible.

Some people go abroad ________ to live there exactly as if they were at home. On the other hand, there are travellers who ________ so successfully to foreign ________ that ________. Perhaps the ideal would be if travel could ________ making people ________ without ________.

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