English Vocabulary, Usage and Idiom Exercises with Answers

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01. Fox-hunting and deer stalking are condemned as blood ......................................

02. The constant noise of the bass rhythm coming through the wall made it impossible to relax. It was more than ...................... and ...................... could bear.

03. In the horror film, when the heroine saw the vampire, she let out a blood-...................... scream.

04. One look at Ramsbottom's green complexion and blood-...................... eyes is enough to tell you that he's been on the bottle again.

05. Those blood-...................... at the tax office have demanded another $1,000.

06. I have a bone to ...................... with that travel agent. I want to know why he booked me on a flight that had a three-hour delay, when I could have gone direct on KLM.

07. The main bone of ...................... at the company's general meeting was the amount paid in fees to the non-executive members of the board.

08. The new secretary ...................... no bones about telling the office manager that under no circumstances would she work overtime.

09. The cult leader could not be precise, but did say that he ...................... it in his bones that the end of the word was nigh.

10. It made my flesh ...................... to hear Mrs King scream when she saw that mouse.

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