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1. Serena challenged Maria _______ a game of tennis. 2. This charity is fuelled _______ massive grants. 3. Los Angeles is a city vibrant _______ life. 4. You need to be more tolerant _______ your colleagues. 5. The airline supplied a uniform _______ each of its employees. 6. Angela is financially independent _______ her husband. 7. Jeremy felt he could not completely confide _______ his partner. 8. My cousin is in the habit _______ confiding all her secrets _______ me. 9. Racial tensions are reported to be _______ the rise in that part of the country. 10. Most young people rely _______ the Internet _______ news. 11. These two pictures are quite similar _______ manner of painting. 12. Your problems seem to be very similar _______ mine. 13. Edmund Spenser was born _______ the family of an impoverished nobleman. 14. Kevin’s best friend turned out to be his principal rival _______ the job. 15. Genetic engineering is _______ the cutting edge of science. 16. According _______ Reuters, the earthquake has claimed 18 lives. 17. _______ accordance _______ the agreement the prime ministers are to meet in July. 18. Who is to blame _______ the failure of the project? 19. Mark’s boss is always finding fault _______ him. 20. The intern refused to cater _______ the ridiculous demands of his senior.
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Cross-cultural Notes:
1. Anne Tyler (1941–) graduated at 19 from Duke University (the USA) and went on to do graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Her eleventh novel Breathing Lessons was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. The novel Digging to America (2006) is based on her personal experience: now a widow, she was married to an Iranian.
2. school – in both the UK and the US, school usually means a place where children are taught from the age of four or five until they are 18. Americans also use school to refer to a university. / pre-school (Amer.) – a nursery school for children up to the age of 4 or 5, when they begin their formal education. / high school (Amer.) – a secondary school, usually one for the last four years before college. Most US students complete high school at the age of 17 or 18.
3. senior year (Amer.) – a student’s last year at high school or university / graduate school – a part of a university in the US where students who have a first degree can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate.
4. fall (Amer.) – the autumn season.
5. Baltimore accent – the accent comes from the combination of Baltimore’s English colonial accents with influxes of Irish, German and other European immigrants.
6. the Iranian New Year (Norooz / Nourouz) – a holiday celebrated on the first day of spring according to the Persian calendar, it goes on for 13 days.
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