CAE Preparation Thread

Discuss any questions in English. Practise your writing skills.

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IrinaS,
I'll give it a try without using any refererence materials
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sight: the sight of him, faint at the sight of blood, is out of sight, caught sight of her, a common sight, no one in sight, eat everything on sight
view: in full view of, on view
to the naked eye, caught his eye, met his eye, with your eyes open
vision: 20-20 vision, a clear vision of, outlined his vision
Did I make many mistakes?
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Juliemiracle, Well done ) Only three sentences have a bit different words. That is "The house is …. …. sight behind trees" , "The boys get home and eat everything …. sight" and "Every time she …. his eye, she would glance away embarrassed".
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Again, there is a dismal failure in part two (open cloze).
Is this word so evident for you?
1. The most famous portraits are now created by photographers rather than by painters, and the people …. the lens are as celebrated as the sitters in front.
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IrinaS пишет: 08 май 2019, 21:12 the people …. the lens
I would say "behind the lens" because you have "in front" to contrast it to.
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IrinaS пишет: 08 май 2019, 21:01 Only three sentences have a bit different words. That is "The house is …. …. sight behind trees" , "The boys get home and eat everything …. sight" and "Every time she …. his eye, she would glance away embarrassed".
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hidden from, in sight, caught his eye
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IrinaS,
this time I checked the reference materials :)
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hidden from sight, everything in sight and caught his eye
BTW, I wanted to use 'in' and 'caught' in the last two phrases when I saw them first, but I somehow assumed that it had to be a different expression in each sentence, and these two repeat twice
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Eager Beaver, Yes, you're right. And after checking the answer it became clear to me too. Now I see this "in front". Why on earth didn't see it while I was doing the task? But I still hope I'm not doomed to failure in the exam. At least I have enough time in front of me.
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Juliemiracle,
Juliemiracle пишет: 08 май 2019, 22:00 and these two repeat twice
with the aim of memorizing )
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Juliemiracle, I used to feel uncomfortable while reading your posts. Actually, I skipped them. Now the situation has changed. I even enjoy them reading. The reason behind is simple: I has begun to understand them ). And I enjoy coming across the phrases/idioms in your posts which I’ve just learnt or struggle to memorize )
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IrinaS,
my pleasure :)
I also enjoy reading other people's posts in English and picking up new and interesting phrases, idioms and collocations there :)
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1. Undercut or downplay?
1) Yet when it comes to price, Euravia still endeavours to ……. the market.
2) With many firms, the firm that expands output will always be able to reduce costs and ……… its rivals.
3) White House officials attempted to …….the president’s role in the affair.
4) Grandma …….. the seriousness of her health problems.

2. Fill in the gaps with the right preposition or verb.
1) He came …. fierce criticism.
2) Its a great project that deserves to ……… off.
(It’s a great project so success would be justified)
3) I have to write …. my report before the meeting (to write a report, article etc using notes that you made earlier)
4) It’s only an opinion poll – it would be wrong to read too much …. the results.
5) His name came …. in the conversation.
The subject of salaries didn’t come ….

3. way, medium, channel or means?
‘Krause is an artist who continues to push himself into new ….s and new subject matter.’
“It is, however, safe to assume that opera can be unfamiliar …. to most schoolchildren”
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