There is nothing to rival the ______ and wonderful things that come out on the Rio streets at carnival time. That can be dancers appearing in very strange outfits.

The ______ was with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend’s name - it was just a(n) ______ of the tongue.

The party was suffering a ______ of confidence among its supporters. They did not trust it any longer.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence

He ______ open-eyed at all the food on the table.

The nation was suffering from a period of deep ______ following a boom which had peaked six or seven years before.

I ______ your last email by mistake—could you send it again?

No payments were made last week because of a computer ______.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Sean came home very late at night, stinking of cheap whisky. He told Mary that his car had broken down. She glared at him with a look that conveyed that she didn’t buy his ______ for a second.