Choose the best answer :
1. I'm feeling ... and could do with holiday. (run across/ run down/ run out/ run over)
2. The drugs the doctor prescribed made me feel ... (drowsy/ wary/ dreary/ dowdy)
3. Being a nurse sometimes ... looking after difficult patients (curtails/ details/ entails/ retails)
4. The ... you gain from physical exercise are well worth the effort (profits/ benefits/ advantages/ improvements)
5. The patient's health has ... so much that the doctor fear for his life (declined/ degenerated/ disintegrated/ deteriorated)
6. The idea of a balanced diet is difficult to ... to those who know little about food values (come arcoss/ take in/ make over/ put across)
7. You should take an aspirin or something to help ... the pain (lighten/ clam/ relieve/ rid)
8. You've got a sore throat, you should ... with salt water (gargle/ giggle/ gurgle/ guzzle)
9. ... you're a millionaire, you can't buy health and happiness (Besides/ Except that/ Even if/ Despite)
10. You don't look well - You're a bit ... (off colour/ off health/ off vigour/ off fitness)
11. ... the patient's condition, the doctor decided to operate. (According to/ In the event of/ In view of/ Regarding)
12. Now that the patient is ..., she should be out of hospital in no time at all (on the recovery/ on the mend/ on the improvement/ on the repair)
13. I've got a ... headache and I feel like doing is going straight to bed (beating/ drumming/ hammering/ splitting)
14. The new discovery was an important .... (daybreak/ break-away/ outbreak/ breakthough)
15. Now that I've discovered that I'm ... (allergic against/ allergic from/ allergic to/ allergic with)
16. You're to take a ... of this medicine three time a day (ration/ helping/ dose/ portion)
17. He doesn't ... what people think about the way he dresses (matter/ care/ attend/ concern)
18. We didn't like the new neighbours at first, but ... we grew quite fond of them (by the time/ as the same time/ against time/ in time)
19. We're fighting ... to finish the job for you before the end of the week (against time/ by the time/ in time/ on time)
1. I'm feeling ... and could do with holiday. (run across/ run down/ run out/ run over)
2. The drugs the doctor prescribed made me feel ... (drowsy/ wary/ dreary/ dowdy)
3. Being a nurse sometimes ... looking after difficult patients (curtails/ details/ entails/ retails)
4. The ... you gain from physical exercise are well worth the effort (profits/ benefits/ advantages/ improvements)
5. The patient's health has ... so much that the doctor fear for his life (declined/ degenerated/ disintegrated/ deteriorated)
6. The idea of a balanced diet is difficult to ... to those who know little about food values (come arcoss/ take in/ make over/ put across)
7. You should take an aspirin or something to help ... the pain (lighten/ clam/ relieve/ rid)
8. You've got a sore throat, you should ... with salt water (gargle/ giggle/ gurgle/ guzzle)
9. ... you're a millionaire, you can't buy health and happiness (Besides/ Except that/ Even if/ Despite)
10. You don't look well - You're a bit ... (off colour/ off health/ off vigour/ off fitness)
11. ... the patient's condition, the doctor decided to operate. (According to/ In the event of/ In view of/ Regarding)
12. Now that the patient is ..., she should be out of hospital in no time at all (on the recovery/ on the mend/ on the improvement/ on the repair)
13. I've got a ... headache and I feel like doing is going straight to bed (beating/ drumming/ hammering/ splitting)
14. The new discovery was an important .... (daybreak/ break-away/ outbreak/ breakthough)
15. Now that I've discovered that I'm ... (allergic against/ allergic from/ allergic to/ allergic with)
16. You're to take a ... of this medicine three time a day (ration/ helping/ dose/ portion)
17. He doesn't ... what people think about the way he dresses (matter/ care/ attend/ concern)
18. We didn't like the new neighbours at first, but ... we grew quite fond of them (by the time/ as the same time/ against time/ in time)
19. We're fighting ... to finish the job for you before the end of the week (against time/ by the time/ in time/ on time)