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Building vocabulary
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Choose the best
response for each one.
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1.
How many treatments will I need, and how much will it
___? (= how much will I have to pay)
a. charge b. cost
c. pay
2. You’ll
have to quit smoking to get your asthma ______________.
a. under pressure b.
out of control c.
under control
3. Your
cholesterol levels are ______ (=incredibly high).
a. off topic
b. off the
scale c. off
color
4. It’ll
take about three weeks ___________ start feeling better.
a. for you to b. in
which you c. for a while
5. Under ________ circumstances
should you drink alcohol? = You shouldn’t drink alcohol no matter what.
a.
no
b. not c. any
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6. To
"OD (oh-dee)" means to ______________ (on a drug, etc.)
a.
overdrive b.
overkill c. overdose
7. I
suggest you stop taking these sleeping pills. – You’re becoming ____________
(= slightly addicted to) them.
a.dependent
on b.depending on c.dependent with
8. Will
my health care plan _______ (=pay for this visit?
a.
cover b. pay c. bankroll
9. I
have to take special ______ (= steps/ safeguards) because of your pacemaker.
a.
prevention b. precautions c.
premises
10. Just
because your mother had breast cancer doesn’t mean that you’ll ________ it
too.
a. diagnose b.
do c. develop
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Write your own sentences or definitions of words.
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pacemaker./peɪsmeɪkɚ/ an electronic device surgically placed beneath
the skin to provide a normal heartbeat by electrically stimulating the heart
muscle.
premise: evidence, reason, support, basis, proof, the
aforesaid
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Answers
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1. cost
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2. under control
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3. off the scale
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4. for you to
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5. no
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6. overdose
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7. dependent on
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8. cover
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9. precautions
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10. develop
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Vocabulary 21
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