Test your vocabulary with these 18 questions.
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#1. Investing in the stock market is risky but if you put your money in a high interest account it's as safe as __________.
#2. Wet weather footwear, 'wellington boots' (or 'wellies' for short) in British English, are called __________ in American English.
#3. A: I saw Kerry eating a burger yesterday. I thought she was a vegetarian. B: She is most of the time but she does eat meat __________.
#4. Usually my daughter is very naughty at school but this week the teachers say she's been as good as __________.
#5. I'm driving so I won't have any alcohol. I'll be as sober as a __________ all night.
#6. Only trained lawyers really know the __________ of the legal system. It's very complex.
#7. A:What have you got me for my birthday? B: Your birthday's not for another week. You'll have to __________!
#8. Sports shoes, or 'trainers' in British English, are called __________ in American English.
#9. Compromise is needed in any relationship. It's really important to be able to __________.
#10. Will anyone be able to __________ now that's she's left the company?
#11. He's very kind and good-looking but he's as thick as __________. I can't marry someone so stupid!
#12. My grandfather had a heart attack five years ago but he gave up smoking and started exercising and now he's as fit as __________.
#13. He can't hear anything. He's as deaf as a __________.
#14. They __________ because she was always late, so now she needs a new job.
#15. You can't avoid that homework for ever. __________ you'll have to do it, otherwise you'll fail the course.
#16. The raised part of a shoe underneath the back of your foot is called the __________.
#17. I haven't got much to do at the moment; I'm just __________ until the new semester starts.
#18. __________ my son is a very calm person, but this traffic jam is making him really frustrated! I don't usually see him like this!
