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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.

BRICK

to be like talking to

a brick wall

Trying to explain anything to Jake used ___ , but he's better now he's a trained therapist.

Before his training as a therapist, Jake would never listen to explanations.

HAVING

illness not having

been diagnosed

My ___ yet, I chose to play it safe.

I decided not to take any risks because I was still waiting for the diagnosis of my illness.

RECOGNISE

for Noemi to recognise

when to throw in

It's hard ___ the towel.

Noemi struggles to know when she should give up a losing battle.

FIND

to find out it

to find it

had been

was

I travelled all the way to the conference only ___ cancelled.

I wasn't aware of the cancellation of the conference until I got there.

FOR

it not for antibiotics

being used

Were ___ so widely, millions of people would have died.

Thanks to widespread use of antibiotics, millions of lives have been saved.

HOODWINKING

is rumoured to have been

is said to have been

hoodwinking

The pharmaceuticals company ___ its investors for years.

Rumour has it that deception of investors in the pharmaceuticals company has been going on for years.

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