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

21. I advice / advise you not to wait till the last minute to study for
the test.

22. She braked/ broke the school record for fastest mile run.
23. He braked/ broke hard when he saw a child running towards the

road.
24. I went to the stationery/stationary store to buy a birthday card.
25. Those tablets are really effective. My headache is much better

now.
26. The postal service is not as efficient/effective as the telephone service.
27. That idea has been dead/died for years.
28. So far 50 people have died/dead in the fighting.
29. She was standing among/between a crowd of children.
30. I think we are making a big/large mistake.
31. She has got longer hair than/then I have.
32. It was such/so good soup that we couldn’t stop drinking it.
33. When I was twelve, I already/still knew that I wanted to be a

scientist.
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.

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