Academic Vocabulary 2

There is a man threatening to jump off the Eiffel Tower. People are trying to .......... him, but he seems determined to go over!

Sonia thanked the family ........... as she knew in her heart that they would not have all survived without their help.

Luckily, the tide began to .......... just before it got to
Emily's deck chair. If it had come in any more she would have got wet.

At last week's council meeting, there were scenes of total .......... . The, disruption was caused by protesters in the public gallery.

The produce from Haystack Farm is all .......... grown. There are absolutely no chemicals or pesticides on them.

The fireplace in the old Victorian mansion is very .......... . It is beautifully painted with flowers and birds and is meticulous in its detail.

The siege had lasted for about three hours when hostages began to .......... . They came out slowly, one by one, but eventually they were all let out.

Two of the most........... criminals in US film history were 'Bonnie and Clyde'. In the film, they portray a young couple who rob banks and shoot people.

The suggestion that we can use the library as a classroom is ........ . For a start, it doesn't even have a blackboard.

I went to New Zealand in July last year and, .......... Peter was there at the same time. We didn't bump into each other, though.

The project to build a prison on the hill outside the town has come up against a lot of .......... from the local residents. They don't want to have one in the vicinity.

The newly-fallen snow lay deep and .......... on the ground, until the children started to play in it and rough it up.

Steven had forgotten that Rose had lent him £20 the previous week. Therefore, it came as quite a shock when she said that he .............. her the money.

The fitness test for the new sports centre is very .......... but the facilities are so good that it is worth all the hard work.

By building a dam on the river, the men managed to ......... a disaster. Without it the village would have been flooded for sure.

Our new neighbours are very .......... people, who drink the best wines and eat foreign food.

It took the explorers a lot of courage to .......... into the jungle. Many others before them had gone in and never come out.

Ginger flew the plane very .......... along the narrow
valley. It was obvious that he was a well trained and experienced pilot.

The acting world is full of ........ for actor Dermot
Morgan, who died on Saturday. He was a very popular man and was still very young.

We make the housework easier by doing the tasks .......... . Helen does them one day, and I do them the next.

The tower in Pisa, Italy, is fascinating. It......... over so much to one side, over 5 metres in fact, that I am surprised it doesn't fall down.

I didn't actually accuse Tim of stealing the money. I
............ said that he was there at the time that the money went missing — that's all!

John made one major .......... from his history dissertation about llth century Europe, missing out the battle of Hastings.

You are supposed to wear your tie around your ........... and not around your waist to keep your trousers up!

At first, the Vikings did not settle on the British Isles, but they often ........... villages on the coast stealing valuables and taking slaves.