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
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(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.
