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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

34. Have you got a cold cream for sensitive/ sensible skin?
35. ‘I want to buy that car.’‘Be sensitive/sensible, my dear.

We haven’t got that much money.’
36. It is not my policy/politics to believe everything I hear.
37. She was confident that he would exceed/ accede to her

request.
38. The cat was disinterested/ uninterested in watching the

skiing show on television.
39. Yesterday, the cat lay/ laid on the couch all day. It has

laid/ lain there every day for the past week.
40. The Human Resources Department must be involved in all

personal/ personnel decisions.
41. I would advice/ advise you to say nothing.
42. The presence of a crowd never effected/ affected the

confident public speaker.
43. Some wealthy people live on the interest of their money

without ever touching the principle/ principal.
44. The athlete was born/ borne on the shoulders of the crowd

after the game.
45. I was already/all ready to go by the time he got home.
46. I invited everyone except/accept Tom to the picnic.
47. In movies, accepting a bribe is often shown by the

discrete/ discreet passing of an envelop/ envelope.
48. Dave had chocolate ice cream for desert/dessert.
49. The Sahara desert/dessert is located in Africa.
50. I really need to lose/loose some weight.

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