Academic Word List Sublist 9

1. to reduce or be reduced in importance or size

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2. to limit a person, activity, or problem in some way

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3. to begin something

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4. disagreements or arguments about something that is important to or affects many people

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5. an object or machine that has been invented for a specific purpose

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6. to change something from its original, usual, natural, or intended condition, meaning, or shape

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7. happening or existing at the same time

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8. to give a large amount of your effort or time doing something, or to a person or something you believe in

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9. existing, living together, or working successfully with something or someone else

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10. the opposite

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Academic Word List Sublist 9b - Correct answers:

1. Banning the Russian team from the 2016 Olympics was a choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted decision. It caused significant friction between Russia and some other countries.

2. A recording choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted is used to keep a record of all the police interviews.

3. At the conference there will be 4 sessions running choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted , so you will have to choose which one you wish to attend.

4. In the UK, you drive on the left-hand side of the road, but in the US the choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted applies.

5. The actor’s popularity has choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted over the years. Everybody used to know him, but few people do now.

6. The software that I bought was not choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted with Windows 8. It will only operate with earlier versions of Windows.

7. Building work choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted in October last year. It should be finished by December of this year.

8. I gave an interview to the newspaper but they choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted everything I said. The message that comes across is completely different to what I meant.

9. He has always enjoyed helping people. He choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted his life to helping several charities.

10. They closed ward 9 in the hospital. Someone had a contagious disease and they wanted to choose one commenced compatible concurrently confine controversial converse device devoted diminished distorted it to that part of the hospital so it would not spread.

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Academic Word List Exercises Sublist 9b - Correct answers: