The ____ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high.

Let's wait here for her; I'm sure she'll turn up before long. (Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.)

The teacher _________ the harder parts of the story.

The bus ran over the cliff because its _______ failed.

 Students are expected to ______ their classes regularly.

Mrs Dawson said that we are __________ our lesson in the library next Monday.

Lawyers often make higher _____ for their work than they should.

People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

They haven’t kept in touch with each other ………………

What's the weather like in the _______?

It's hot.

A long line of traffic had to wait at the _____ until the train had passed.

The United States has a ............. of around 250 million.

The house was burgled while the family was _______ in a card game.

He was very respectful at home and _______ to his parents.

He couldn’t ____ the thought of leaving his home town for ever. 

I do not think there is a real ______ between men and women at home as well as in society.

His stomach began to _______ because of the bad food he had eaten.

He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes.

 If we _______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful. 

As we wait no longer for the delivery of your order, we have to ______ it.

Their walking-tour through Lapland never came _______.