Write a sentence using the word first

1

I
hate to hold ______ the meeting.

The
terrorists tried to blow ______ the stadium.

You`d
better look this word ______ in a dictionary.

2

He
was afraid of being found ______.

You
can leave the cinnamon ______ of this recipe.

I
feel I should point ______ how important it is for our family.

3

I
put ______ a coat.

He
took too much ______ and failed.

Mary
is carrying ______ the family tradition by becoming a teacher.

4

They
made _____ when they heard a noise outside.

There
are a number of reasons why the dinosaurs began dying ______ 90 million years
ago.

You
need to turn ______ the main road.

5

The
20^th century brought ______ revolutionary changes in technologies.

We`ve
been playing ______ with new ideas for our presentation.

Tell
your mum I was asking ______ her.

6

I
made ______ the story.

She
suddenly showed ______.

He
looked the phone number ______.

7

There
are a lot of rumors flying ______ about his company.

She
hasn`t come ______ from the operation yet.

The
teacher passed the textbooks ______.

8

Keep
______ trying.

Put
this dictionary ______ the shelf.

What`s
going ______?

9

He
put ______ his memories.

You
won`t let me ______, will you?

Turn
that noise ______, please.

10

We`re
moving ______ on Saturday.

I
fell ______ with my brother because he took my car without permission.

I
don`t feel like cooking tonight so let`s eat ______.

11

Do
you believe ______ God?

We
moved ______ London in 2001.

We
are playing football tonight, come and join ______.

12

Nobody
owned ______ to stealing the wallet.

The
situations is finally looking ______.

Can
you add ______ the total?

13

They
set ______ for Spain.

They
called ______ their wedding.

He`s
always showing ______ in the school.

14

Our
trip was amazing, and the hotel lived ______ to all our expectations.

I
don`t want to get ______ early tomorrow.

Phone
______ John and arrange a meeting, please.

15

I
need to sort ______ my books.

I
couldn`t make ______ what she was saying.

Watch
______ for tigers!

1

Belgian
literature, taken ______ the widest sense of the term, falls into three
groups, consisting of works written respectively in Flemish, Walloon and
French.

2

The
earlier French writers born on what is now Belgian territory – e.g. Adenes le
Rois, Jean Froissart, Jean Lemaire des Belges and others — ______ included in
the general history of French Literature.

3

It
remains to consider the literature written ______ Belgians in French during
the 19^th century, and its rapid development since the revolution
of 1831.

4

Belgian
writers were commonly charged with provincialism, but the prejudice ______
them has been destroyed by the brilliant writers of 1870-1880.

5

It
______ also asserted that Belgian French literature lacked a national basis,
and was merely a reflection of Parisian models.

6

The
most important section of it, however, has a distinctive quality of ______
own.

7

Many
of its most distinguished exponents are Flemings ______ birth, and their
writings reflect the characteristic Flemish scenery.

8

This
profoundly national character disengaged itself gradually, and has ______
more strikingly evident since 1870.

9

The
earlier writers of the century were content ______ follow French tradition.

10

The
events of 1830 – 1831 gave ______ great stimulus to Belgian letters, but the
country possessed writers of considerable merit before that date.

11

The
whole of this literature derived more or ______ from foreign sources, and,
with the exception of Charles de Coster and Octave Pirmez, produced no
striking figures.

12

Lemonnier
himself cannot ______ exclusively claimed by any of the conflicting schools
of young writers.

13

He
was by ______ naturalist, lyrist and symbolist; and it has been claimed that
the germs of all the later developments in Belgian letters may be traced in
his work.

14

The
quinquennial prize of literature had been refused to his UN MALE, and the
younger generation of artists and men of letters gave him a banquet which was
recognized ______ a protest against the official literature.

15

He
was well known as an advocate in Brussels, and made a considerable
contribution ______ jurisprudence as the chief writer of the Pandectes
belges.

1

John
Bell, American political leader, was born near Nashville, at Tennessee, on
the 15^th of February 1797.

2

He
graduated at the university of Nashville in 1814, and in 1817 was elected to
the state senate, but retiring after one term, he devoted himself for ten
years to the study and the practice of the law.

3

From
1827 until 1841 he was a member of the national House of Representatives, of
which from June 1834 to March 1835 he was the speaker, and in which he was
been conspicuous as a debater and a conservative leader.

4

Though
he entered political life as a Democrat, he became estranged from his party`s
leader, President Jackson, also a Tennessean, and after 1835 was one of the
leaders of the Whig party in the South.

5

In
March 1841 he became the secretary of war in President Harrison`s cabinet,
but in the September, after the death of Harrison and the rupture between the
Whig leaders and President Tyler, he resigned this position.

6

Strongly
conservative by temperament and devoted to the Union, he ardently desired to
prevent the threatened secession of the Southern states in 1860, and was the
candidate, by for the presidency, of the Constitutional Union Party, often
called from the names of its candidates for the presidency and the
vice-presidency (Edward Everett) the “Bell and Everett Party”, which was made
up largely of former Whigs and Southern “Know-Nothings”, opposed
sectionalism, and strove to prevent the disruption of the union.

7

The
party adopted no platform, and discarding all other issues, resolved that “it
is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no political other
than the constitution of the country, the union of the states, and the
enforcement of the laws.”

8

Bell
was defeated, but received a popular vote of 587,830 (mostly cast in the
Southern states), and if obtained the electoral votes of Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee – 30 altogether, out of a total of 303.

9

Bell
tried earnestly to prevent the secession of his own state, but after than the
issue of President Lincoln`s proclamation of the 15^th of April
1861 calling on the various states for volunteers, his efforts were
unavailing, and when Tennessee joined the Confederacy Bell “went with his
state.”

10

He
took no part in the Civil War, and died on the 10^th of the
September 1869.

1

He
regrets not having gone to college.

wishes

He
______ to college.

2

My
cousin was too short to be a football player.

not

My
cousin ______ to be a football player.

3

They
aren`t repainting the wall until Sunday.

being

The
wall ______ until Sunday.

4

Mike
was the only person who didn`t enjoy the match.

apart

Everyone
enjoyed the match ______ .

5

It`s
clear that he wrote the book himself.

must

He
______ the book himself.

6

John
had just reached the house when it began to snow.

than

No
sooner ______ it began to snow.

7

He
behaved stupidly in the classroom.

beyond

His
______ our comprehension.

8

You
may not have noticed but we are not going to school on Saturdays this year.

escaped

It
______ notice but we are not going to school on Saturdays this year.

9

I
very rarely go to the cinema at weekends.

hardly

I
______ the cinema at weekends.

10

After
I graduate, I`d like to become a teacher.

ambition

It
______ a teacher after I graduate.

1

Liverpool
Football Club is a professional ______ football club based in Liverpool,
Merseyside, England.

OIANUASSTIYOC

2

They compete in
the Premier League, the top ______ of English football.

RETIEF

3

The club has won
5 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 18 League ______, 7 FA Cups,
a record 8 League Cups, and 15 FA Community Shields.

TSDITSLE

4

The club was
founded in 1892 and ______ the Football League the following year.

JDEIOIEN

5

Liverpool
established itself as a major force in both English and European football
during the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley led the club to
11 League titles and seven European _______.

RTOIEPHSOK

6

Under the
management of Rafa Benitez and captained by Steven Gerrard Liverpool became
European champion for the fifth time, winning the 2005 UEFA Champions League
______ against Milan in spite of being 3-0 down at half time.

ALFIEYN

7

Liverpool was
the ninth highest-earning football club in the world for 2014-2015, with an
annual ______ of €391 million, and the world`s eighth most valuable football
club in 2016, valued at 1,55 billion.

VEREWAENU

8

The club holds
many long-standing rivalries, most notably the North West ______ against
Manchester United.

BYDYUER

9

The team changed
from red shirts and white ______ to an all-red home strip in 1964 which has
been used ever since.

TSBORFSH

10

The club`s
______ is “You`ll Never Walk Alone”.

EMANTHDY

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1

________
 kick is a way of moving your straight legs quickly up and down
in opposite directions, used when you are doing the crawl (swimming)

2

one- ________ race
is a race or competition that only one of the competitors has a real chance
of winning

3

________
tournament is a competition in which only the winners of each
stage play in the next stage, until one competitor or team is the final
winner

4

________
night is a night when games in the Champions League are being played
(football)

5

________
match is a testimonial match

6

________
contest is a competition in which women are judged on how
physically attractive they are

7

________
card is someone who is allowed to take part in a competition,
even though they have not achieved this in the usual way

8

________
match is another game between the same teams or players

9

________
league is a league of professional baseball teams that plays
below the highest level

10

18-yard ________ is the
area surrounded by white lines in front of the goal (football)

11

first ________ is the
best players in a club, who are regularly chosen to play in a particular
position unless they are injured (cricket)

1

Don`t
worry – the numbness from the injection will ________ off after about an
hour.

Sportsmen
________ out a pair of running shoes every three months.

All
the streets and extra travel is beginning to ________ him down.

2

Please
________ the terrible state of this room. I haven`t had time to tidy it up.

I
know that she`s under a lot of pressure, but nothing can ________ her
terrible behaviour.

Would
you ________ me for a moment – I need to leave the room and make a phone
call.

3

He
was going to _______ to us the events which led to his escape.

The
series is very popular because viewers can ________ to the main characters in
it.

The
examples given here don`t ________ to my personal experience.

4

Could
you give me a ________ with this suitcase?

I
picked up a book that happened to lie at ________ and read a few pages.

Could
you help me ________ out the copies, please? Make sure every student gets
one.

5

The
latest ________ of the magazine includes interviews with all sorts of
celebrities.

This
is a very important ________ and we should discuss it seriously.

When
she decided to leave the job, money wasn`t the ________ — she left because of
the hours.

6

After
long negotiations, they ________ the dispute without going to a court of law.

We
looked at lots of apartments to rent and finally we ________ on this one.

My
family moved to Canada and ________ in Toronto many years ago.

7

Could
you ________ me at the next corner? I can walk from here.

The
temperature tends to ________ sharply at night at this time of year.

 I
think we should ________ this subject before we have a big argument about it.

8

Will
you ________ to the holiday arrangements?

I`m
afraid I can`t ________ you off at the airport.

Let
me ________ — I think we can talk to the manager about your complaint.

9

Is
there anything of ______ on the news?

It
is not in your ________ to leave the company now.

We
had to pay a very high _______ rate on the loan from the bank.

10

I`m
going to ________ her to a special meal in an expensive restaurant for her
birthday.

Paul
is an unpopular boss because he tends to _________ his employees very badly.

The
doctors are sure that it`s the best medicine to ________ her illness.

1.
King Edward VIII

2.
Andy Warhol

3.
Prince Albert

4.
the Ashmolean

5.
fish and chips

6.
Pride and Prejudice

7.
The Smithsonian

8.
The Royal Pavilion

9.
Mount Rushmore

10.
The Armada

11.
teddy
bear

12.The
Canterbury Tales

13.
Christopher Columbus

14.
The
Martian Chronicles

15.
Levi
Strauss

A)
a meal consisting of fish covered with batter (a mixture of flour and milk)
and cooked in oil, served with thin pieces of potato also cooked in oil

B)
a large group of different museums and scientific institutions in Washington,
D.C.

C)
a soft toy in the shape of a bear called so in honour of an American
President

D)
a building in an original and unusual oriented style built in Brighton for
the Prince of Wales, who later became George IV

E)
an immigrant from Bavaria who first started selling denim pants to gold
miners

F)
It took the sculptor and his son 14 years to finish the unprecedented
monument in South Dakota.

G)
He made the popular imagery of everyday objects into art, he portrayed
American popular idols like Elvis Presley and Merlyn Monroe.

H)
The novel deals with the conflict between humans colonizing the red planet
and the native creatures they encountered there.

I)
His 11-month-reign was followed by his abdication in order to marry American
divorcee Wallis Simpson.

J)
The 14^th century poet wrote a collection of stories told by a
group of pilgrims on their way to the town.

K)
a famous collection of ancient history and archeology in Oxford which also
contains paintings, jewellery and historical documents

L)
The invasion that came after years of growing tension between England and
Spain.

M)
His untimely death devastated Queen Victoria. A lasting memorial to him was
open 10 years after in Kensington Gardens.

N)
This
novel describes the everyday life of people in the upper-middle class circles
and the only role of a woman of that class to find a rich husband.

O)
The
king and queen of Spain sponsored him to sail west.

PROVERB

ORIGIN

1.
Beware of Greek bearing gifts.

A.
Alexander Pope

2.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

B.
the Bible

3.
A watched pot never boils.

C.
Benjamin Franklin

4.
Better late than never.

D.
Lord Acton

5.
All`s well that ends well.

E.
John Heywood

6.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

F.
the Code of Hammurabi

7.
Blood is thicker than water.

G.
William Shakespeare

8.
A leopard cannot change its spots.

H.
Geoffery Chaucer

9.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

I.
Aeneid

10.
A fool`s paradise.

J.
Sir Walters Scott

BRITISH CITY

NICKNAME

1.
Cambridge

A.
City of Arcades

2.
Cardiff

B.
The Maiden City

3.
Aberdeen

C.
The City

4.
Derry

D.
The City of Dreaming Spires

5.
Edinburgh

E.
Cottonopolis

6.
Glasgow

F.
The Fair City

7.
London

G.
City of Perspiring Dreams

8.
Manchester

H.
Athens of the North

9.
Oxford

I.
Energy Capital of Europe

10.
Perth

J.
Dear Green Place

1.
“Birthplace of America”

2.
Denali National Park

3.
Empire State Building

4.
Golden Gate Bridge

5.
Kilauea

6.
NASA Houston Space Center

7.
Niagara Falls

8.
The Grand Canyon

9.
White House

10.
Yellowstone National Park

Alaska

Arizona

California

Hawaii

Maine

Massachusetts

New
York

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Washington
DC

Wyoming

1. 
3000
BCE

A.
Construction
begins on Hadrian`s wall after visit by Emperor Hadrian to Britain

2. 
55
BCE

B. 
Boudica
leads revolt of the Iceni

3. 
60-61
CE

C. 
Vikings
establish a naval base at Dublin (the origin of the city)

4. 
122-123
CE

D.
Cnut
of Denmark becomes king in the Danelaw portion of England

5. 
633
CE

E.
 William
of Normandy becomes King of England

6. 
841
CE

F. 
First
stage of Stonehenge is built

7. 
1014
CE

G. 
Baronial
revolt forces John to sign the Magna Carta

8. 
1066
CE

H. 
Robert
the Bruce begins his rebellion against Edward I

9. 
1215
CE

I. 
Roman
general Julius Caesar mounts the invasion of Britain

10.
1306
CE

J. 
Battle
of Hatfield: Edwin of Northumbria killed by British King Cadwallon of Gwynedd

MOTTO

1. 
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology

A.
Mind
and hand

2. 
Australian
National University  

B.
The
wind of freedom blows

3. 
Cambridge
University

C.
Truth

4. 
Cornell University

D.
From
here, light and sacred draughts

5. 
Harvard
University

E.
The Lord is my Light

6. 
Imperial
College London

F.
Let
knowledge grow from more and more; and so be human life enriched.

7. 
Oxford
University

G.
I
would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study

8. 
Stanford
University

H.
Light
and truth

9. 
University
of Chicago

I.
Knowledge
is the adornment and protection of the Empire.

10.Yale
University

J.
First
to learn the nature of things

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was
not tall enough

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is
not being repainted

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apart
from mike

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must
have written

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had
John reached the house than

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behavior/
behaviour in the classroom was beyond

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may/might
have escaped your

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hardly
ever go to

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is
my ambition to become

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keenness

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appearance

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reference

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survival

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attractive

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unimportance

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curiosity

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freedom

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habitual

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speculation

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theological

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association

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tier

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titles

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joined

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trophies

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revenue

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box

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DC

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