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Advanced English

Inversion, nuance, collocations and idiomatic language. Level C1 · 10 questions.

1. Rarely ___ such a convincing argument.
2. The proposal was met with ___ criticism.
3. She is ___ to win the award, given her record.
4. Choose the word with the most negative tone: "The minister ___ the question."
5. It's high time we ___ a decision.
6. The chair, along with the whole committee, ___ expected to resign.
7. Her comments were taken out of ___.
8. "To play devil's advocate" means:
9. Scarcely had we sat down ___ the lights went out.
10. The findings ___ further investigation.