Collocations exercise

from www.speakspeak.com

I

1 He ____________________laughing when he realised his mistake.
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2 He assured me he was ____________________ sure where the house was.
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3 We didn't arrange to meet. It was ____________________ coincidence that I saw him.
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4 Please! I'm trying to work here. Don't ____________________ my time with stupid questions!
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5 He had to go to the hospital because it was a very ____________________ cut.
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6 Our neighbour is a very ____________________ smoker - 2 packets a day.
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7  I'm an honest and ____________________ citizen.
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II

1  I wasn't dressed for the occasion. I felt ___________________ of place.

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2 The chances of England winning the next World Cup are ____________________

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3 We are ____________________ a lot of problems at the moment.
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4 I'm overweight and completely out of  ____________________ . I really should start getting some
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5 He speaks with a ____________________ Liverpool accent. Some of my American colleagues have
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III

1  It goes without ____________________ that we'll all support your new strategy.
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2  It's your  ____________________ to prepare this week's report - I did it last week.
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3 You shouldn't be so quick to criticise her for the poor results. You have to ______________

into account the fact that she was ill for over a month.
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4 There are 3 important points I'd like to ____________________ .
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5 It takes a very determined person to achieve results as good as this; you really have to put

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6 Don't ____________________ to conclusions - I haven't had a chance to explain it to you yet.
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