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Fill in all the gaps choosing a linking word from the drop-down list. BREAKDOWN BREAKTHROUGH BREAKUP COME-DOWN CUTBACKS DROP-OUTS GO-AHEAD GROWN-UP HANDOUT LAY-OFFS LET-UP ONLOOKERS OUTBURST OUTLOOK STOPOVER TURNOUT UPBRINGING Tony’s been demoted to Assistant Manager. What a _______________ for him! The tourist office has a free ___________________ on cheap accommodation in London. Patricia suffered a nervous _____________________ when she lost her job. Miguel’s devotion to the company contributed to the ____________________ of his marriage. 5. Scientists have made an important ____________________ in the field of genetic engineering. 6. The planning authorities gave the school the ______________________ for an extension. 7. At South London University, there were several _______________________ from the Computer Science course this year. 8. Tommy, ask a ___________________ to help you next time you want to do some painting. 9. Keith has always had a rather narrow ________________ on life. I put it down to his strict __________________. 10. It poured down all day without any ______________________. 11. The whole room was stunned into silence by Gordon’s angry ______________________. 12. The ____________________ in the building trade are a direct result of the in government spending. 13. The advantage of flying Air Canada is that the fare includes a free _________________ in Vancouver. 14. Whenever Madeleine chairs a meeting, we get a much better ______________________. 15. To the delight of the ____________________, the Princess posed on the steps for photographs. 1. 2. 3. 4.

ANSWER KEY: 1. COME-DOWN 2. HANDOUT 3. BREAKDOWN 4. BREAKUP 5. BREAKTHROUGH 6. GO-AHEAD 7. DROP-OUTS 8. GROWN-UP 9. OUTLOOK/UPBRINGING 10. LET-UP 11. OUTBURST 12. LAY-OFFS/CUTBACKS 13. STOPOVER 14. TURNOUT 15. ONLOOKERS