Vocabulary Check

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1. When you pause to take a sip of your beverage or to speak with someone, rest your _____ by placing your knife and fork on your plate near the  center, slightly angled in an inverted V and with the tips of the knife and fork pointing to ward each other.
2. Use the napkin to _____ your lips as needed and before taking a drink.
3. New work on a migratory bird, the _____ flycatcher, takes things a stage further by showing how a climate- related population decline was actually caused.
4. She has three dogs: two poodles and a _____.
5. While visiting the beach, we saw: pelicans, _____ and iguanas.
6. Explain to students that other important signposts to recognise are when a lecturer _____ from the main topic, and adds an idea which may not be relevant.