All the guests got dressed in _____ costume.

The company I'm working for at the moment is planning to expand, so they're ____ new staff.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

She told him she had spent all her savings but he didn’t bat an eyelid.

He locked the doors  ............  be disturbed when he was studying for his exams.

Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______. 

At present, the rate of economic growth is very satisfactory, but _____ when foreign competition makes itself felt, this will not be the case.

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 Both Apura Airways and Babidiana Air declined a  __________  reported rumor on the 2 airline companies considering a merger.

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According to the Asia Real Estate report, Fukuoka is  ________  the most attractive Asian cities for real estate investment and development.

William was as .................  as a cucumber when the hash punishment was meted out to him by the judge.

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The clerk said that ________________   fifteen customers had been waiting outside the store for it to open.

The school was closed for a month because of a serious ................. of fever.

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Oia Cruises will make all the  ______________ for you to have a private sailing experience in Santorini.

In 2006, the news agency Reuters withdrew from sale 920 pictures taken by a photographer because two images taken in Lebanon were .................. to have been digitally manipulated.

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In accordance with the Data Protection Act, all identifying information has been ____________   from client testimonials on our Web site.

The Simpson Desert was named _______ Mr. Simpson, President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

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To ensure easier _________   of large bags of garbage, the new bins have a lid that flips up.

 I _____ the book by the time you come tonight. 

Cutting in lines at the grocery store, for example, or being habitually late for meetings is considered ............. behavior.

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If you would like to apply for the position, it is  ________  that you submit your application before the end of the month.

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Jillian Huffington was  ______________  to beat last year's sales performance or at least match it.

Children usually begin to go to _____ school at ______ age of six.