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Sabri Bebawi

Answer the questions below by selecting the most appropriate answer and then click "submit" to send your answers.

  1. Everyone was under the _____ that she was the real mother of the child.
  2. Your answer:
    conviction
    impression
    suspicion
    belief


  3. The reason you gave simply doesn't _____ up.
  4. Your answer:
    make
    keep
    stand
    hold


  5. Her hair was light brown with a reddish _____.
  6. Your answer:
    tone
    shade
    tinge
    cast


  7. Tax _____ is one of the most widespread crimes in the world.
  8. Your answer:
    shelter
    return
    abatement
    evasion


  9. Why don't you have an hors d'oeuvre to ____ your appetite?
  10. Your answer:
    stir
    lift
    whet
    arouse


  11. I can't go on any longer; I am on my last _____ .
  12. Your answer:
    breath
    will
    legs
    strength


  13. There is no _____ how the patient is going to react to the kidney implant.
  14. Your answer:
    telling
    judging
    prediction
    guess


  15. They are in a hurry to finish the road construction before winter _____ in.
  16. Your answer:
    gets
    comes
    sets
    settles


  17. The birth of their baby put _____ to his wild night-outs.
  18. Your answer:
    paid
    cut
    hold
    end


  19. I always buy my clothes off the _____. I haven't got the time or money to have them tailor-made.
  20. Your answer:
    rack
    hook
    peg
    shelf



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