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Paul Sparks - Online English Lesson Plans, Lesson Material and Ideas for Oral English Lessons, Hunan University of Science and Technology...

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1. I'm afraid the redundancies will hit the office staff hard. We need to reduce the number of ______ collar workers.
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2. We don't have any money left and it looks like we are going to be in the ______ for the next few months.
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3. The chemical company is being forced to go ______ . It cannot continue to use so many products that are harmful to the environment.
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4. I was late again this morning. My boss gave me a really ______ look when I arrived.
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5. It's impossible for me to get a bank loan or a credit card. I must be on a credit ______ list.
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6. I wasn't expecting anything to happen but then , out of the ______ , I got a call from Helen.
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7. I'd like to get the project going as soon as possible but we have to wait for the ______ light from Head Office.
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8. When I asked him about it, he gave me a ______ look. He obviously knows nothing about it.
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9. It looks like we will be taken over by our bitter rivals, unless a ______ knight steps in with a higher bid.
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10. I still don't believe it. I'll only really accept it is true when I see it down in black and ______ .
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11. There are far too many paper pushers in Head Office. We need to cut down on the amount of ______ tape.
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12. This is a really reliable company with very little risk of losing your money - what we call a ______ chip investment.
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13. I'm afraid John is too inexperienced for that job. He's still a bit ______ .
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14. Sales have been really strong for washing machines and other ______ goods.
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15. This report can act as a ______print for future action.
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16. It's not at all clear which department is responsible for this sector. It's a bit of a ______ area.
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17. You have complete freedom to do what you want. We are giving you a ______ cheque on this project.
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18. This would be a perfect spot to build a new factory but we cannot do it because it is in a ______ belt area.
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19. Unemployment is increasing because the jobs of many ______ collar workers can now be done by machines.
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20. Everybody said that the product would fail so there were a lot of ______ faces in Head Office when it was a great success.
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