VOCABULARY REVISION PART 3 – TECHNOLOGY AND LITERATURE

  1. My boss has bought me a mobile phone He wants me to be at his beck and ______24 hours a day.
  2. My new computer has finally broken down. It needs a complete o______.
  3. Scientists in this laboratory are c______an interesting experiment.
  4. His latest invention is a real c______! It looks so strange and cumbersome and you can’t guess what it can be used for.
  5. He lost his parents in a car accident and was left to f______for himself early on.
  6. The Industrial Revolution brought technological advances and a______in the production process in factories resulting in a large number of worker being laid off.
  7. This pencil is b______. It needs sharpening.
  8. All engineers installing or repairing this machinery must observe safety p______. This includes wearing of goggles, masks and other p______equipment.
  9. Marianne was so e______in her book that she didn’t hear me. (=absorbed)
  10. This book is c______reading. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down!
  11. When you’re in hospital tabloids are the only things you can read. They are an e______read.
  12. I can’t tell you much about Jonathan. I don’t know him very well. We’re just casual a______.
  13. Parental love is the only kind of u______love. You love your child no matter what they do.
  14. Oliver Twist is a p______(=moving and sad) chronicle of life in an orphanage. It is a tale of love , mercy and hypocrisy in a l______(dark and gloomy) setting of the 19th century England.
  15. I don’t trust his taste in books. He likes only l______literature. Detective stories are the most difficult stuff he’s ever read.
  16. He regularly publishes papers in scientific j______.
  17. Serbia is a country with the highest percentage of population going on to t______education after secondary school.
  18. ‘Does your government r______foreign qualifications for engineers?’ ‘No, you’ll have to o______a qualification in engineering here.’
  19. It is a shame that you can’t rely on the information on the official police website. They should be m______their website better!
  20. You need to spend hours ______everything ______. Bluetooth means you just switch on and connect! (wire)
  21. The government tries to encourage i______investment. (=from foreign companies).
  22. Our economy cannot develop successfully if there is too much red ______. Rules and regulations concerning economy should be simplified.
  23. When there is no demand for particular occupations in the market, r______is the only solution for many people.
  24. Don’t worry, everything is under control. Things are ticking ______nicely.
  25. The project manager’s resignation has put a spanner ______. The project will not be completed.
  26. If you don’t put the ______on your spending we’ll have to brake into our savings.
  27. She always buys the latest, s______computer.
  28. The January exam is getting nearer, you’d better ______gear!
  29. I always go on holiday alone. I prefer going under my own ______.
  30. Me and my colleague enjoy working together. We are on the same ______.
  31. ______driver is a man who is a passenger in a car when a woman is driving! 
  32. Our company management is b______over its plans to increase salaries. (=doing differently or more reluctantly that it was intended)