There is nothing to rival the ______ and wonderful things that come out on the Rio streets at carnival time. That can be dancers appearing in very strange outfits.

One of the waitresses arrived with a very ______ -looking dish.

I kept getting ______ phone calls where the caller would hang up as soon as I answered.

Contact lenses are a bit ______: you can’t really feel them but you’re aware that they’re there.

Sarah tried to pretend she was on a(n) ______ playground, where the kids waded in milk instead of sand and slid down thick, meaty poles.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

The nation was suffering from a period of deep ______ following a boom which had peaked six or seven years before.

Their marriage went through a ______ which almost ended in divorce.

A series of ______ ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.

Economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic ______

The party was suffering a ______ of confidence among its supporters. They did not trust it any longer.

In a second wave of ______ in the Northeast, fires broke out in swamped homes and businesses, many inaccessible to firefighters because of floodwaters.

He's passed the ______ - the fever's started to go down.

The global auto industry suffered a severe ______ in sales during the recession in 2019.

The ______ in student numbers between the two world wars was true of most British universities.

Whenever any ______, disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.

Some analysts think a serious economic ______ will probably be averted because many people have been vaccinated.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

A: 'Is she supposed to work today?' - B: ' ______, tomorrow.'

She’s ______ one of my close circle of friends.

The driver was killed, but ______ of the passengers was hurt.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.