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C2 Proficiency · Key Word Transformation · Ready for C2 Proficiency Workbook, Macmillan

For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given.

ONLY

if only I had

if only I'd

I'd kept if I had

I'd only

kept

I'd have made a fortune by now ___ hold of my shares in that company.

I regret selling my shares in that company because they'd be worth a lot of money now.

HAVE

to have a chip on

his

her

their

Frank appears ___ shoulder, but I'm not sure why.

It seems that Frank is feeling grumpy about something, but I don't know what.

SAID

a lot to be said for

not having

While I'd love to be paid more regularly, there's ___ to work in an office.

It'd be great to earn a regular salary, but it's nice that I don't have to work in an office.

LINE

I draw the line at

is

I don't mind giving you some business advice, but what ___ doing your accounts for you!

I have no objection to advising you about business, but I don't think it's fair to expect me to do your accounts.

STROKE

for a stroke of

for our stroke of

luck

But ___ with the exchange rate, we'd have had to pay through the nose for the carpet.

The only reason we didn't pay too much for the carpet was because we were lucky with the exchange rate.

SLOW

retrospect, if I hadn't been so

hindsight, if I hadn't been so

slow

In ___ I wouldn't have been fired, I realise.

Looking back, I realise I was fired because I wasn't fast enough.

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