My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Enjoy this new vocabulary task!! Fill the gaps with suitable words. Mind the grammar!

adamant

casualty

confide (in)

DOA-dead on arrival

dogsbody

foul play

knoll

muster

nascent

offal

shove

skid

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. As the Southern REscue helicopter took their ___ over the Foreaux Strait, the sea separating Stewart Island from the larger South Island of New Zealand, Cam turned to Meg.

2. To his right he saw a high, steep ___ covered with scrubby grass.

3. Although many of Lomb's principles have been corroborated by SLA research, the preceding points- the value of extensive reading at ___  learning stages - remain relatively unexplored.

4. Today's star is beef ____ for 512 yen.

5. Like Meg, Harold had been born on the island and following his diagnosis, was ____ he wanted to die there, surrounded by the place and people he loved.

6. Two passengers had been ____ at the hospital.

7. Any evidence of ___ in the van or at the scene?

8. My parents went out to dinner, ___ on ice, and rolled off the road.

9. Maybe he shouldn't have ____ in her about his past, his fiance, whose love was also ripped away while Cam had been distracted by grief.

10. But Cam's mind cleared as he ____ his pain down where it belonged.

11. As a full-time manager, part-time therapist, housekeeper, general ___ to her baby sister, Summer thought she'd seen it all from behind the scenes in the comfort of jeans, sweaters, and, most importantly, comfy sneakers.

12. It was as if neither of them had been able to ____ the will to fight for a future.

Key: 1. casualty; 2. knoll;3. nascent;4. offal; 5.adamant; 6. DOA; 7. foul play;8. skidded; 9.confided; 10.shoved; 11. dogsbody; 12. mustered