Close-up p 23. Nouns: Combinations

Combine the words in brackets to complete the following sentences using the genitive (Pepe's bar), the preposition "of" or a NOUN+NOUN or ADJECTIVE+NOUN combination.

 

 1. (seat, back) Can I sit in the _______________ on the way home?

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1. back seat

 

 

2. (boss, wife) His _______________ is in hospital having a baby. 

 

 

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2.  boss’s wife / wife’s boss – depending on whether the boss is male or female (having a baby)

 

3. (room, corner) The boy was sitting in the ________________.

 

 

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3. corner of a/the room

 

4. (pay, day) When is ___________________?

 

 

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4. pay day

 

5. (week, holiday) Mary only had one _______________ last year.

 

 

 

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5. week’s holiday 

 

6. (wine, glass) Would you prefer a _______________ or a tumbler for your drink?

 

 

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6. wine glass

• Tumbler: /ˈtʌmblə(r)/ a glass for drinking out of, with a flat bottom, straight sides and no handle. Sp. Vaso. Tumblerful: the amount held by a tumbler. E.g. Will you please bring me two tumblerfuls of water ?

 

 

7. (delay, moment) The decision was taken without a ______________________.

 

 

 

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7.  moment’s delay

 

8. (Anne, best friend) ____________________ has just got a job in Milan.

 

 

 

 

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8. Anne’s best friend

 

9. (door, handle) Take care with that ______________ - it's loose.

 

 

 

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9. door handle 

 

10. (field, sports) The team went out onto the __________________, wearing their new T-shirts. 

 

 

 

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10. sports field

 

 

11. (seat, back) (pain, back) I am thinking of giving a bike with a ______________ to my mother. She has episodes of excruciating _____________________.

 

 

 

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11. a: seat back 

 A seat back is the part of the seat itself, not where it is. 

 

11. b: back pain

 

12. (glass, wine) Let's drink a _______________ to celebrate the birth of your baby.

 

 

 

 

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12. glass of wine

 

13. (field, sports) He is a passionate and eloquent defender of ________________, especially hunting and fishing.

 

 

 

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13. field sports /ˈfiːld spɔːts/ sports that happen in the countryside, such as hunting, shooting, and fishing.

 

14. (horse, race) What a crazy finish to a _____________! 

 

 

 

 

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14. Horse race.

A horse race is a race for horses.

 

15. (horse, race) My brother has a great ______________.

 

 

 

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15. racehorse

A racehorse is a type of horse.

 

16. (house, boat) His _______________ was anchored overnight in a cove at Shasta Lake, California.

 

 

 

 

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16.  houseboat


A boat that people can live in, usually kept at a particular place on a river or canal

 

 

17. (back, set) The team’s hopes of playing in Europe suffered a __________ last night.

 

 

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17.  setback

 

18. (trail, blazer) My sister is a _____________ in the field of medical research.

 

 

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18. trailblazer

 

 

 

19. (boat, house) We keep our boat at the _______________ a few miles upstream. 

 

 

 

 

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19. boathouse 

 

20. (school, boarding) So what happened was my parents came to me with a brochure of a ____________.

 

 

 

 

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20. boarding school.

21. (length, arm) He keeps all his clients at __________.

 

 

 

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21. arm's length

to avoid having a close relationship with somebody 

 

 

 

 

22. ( harm, way) I prefer the children to play in the garden where they’re out of ___________.

 

 

 

 

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22. harm’s way

out of harm’s way​

in a safe place where somebody/something cannot be hurt or injured or do any damage to somebody/something. E.g. She put the knife in a drawer, out of harm’s way.  

23. (maid, bride) My three sisters were _________________ for me. 

 

 

 

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23. bridesmaids 

24. (museum, building) The New ___________________ is intended as a home for contemporary art.

 

 

 

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24. Museum building

The museum building is the building itself.

 

25. (museum, building) The _________________ took 11 years and it was a lot of hard work 

 

 

 

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25.   building of the Museum

The building of the museum is the construction of the museum.