CAE Key Word Transformations

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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 six words, including the word given. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM DESCRIPTION
1) The service at the hotel wasn't as good as I expected.
COME
The service at the hotel my expectations.
2) She has taken it upon herself to take care of her mother.
COMMITTED
She has care of her mother.
3) Were Ann not so beautiful a girl, John wouldn't be marrying her.
BEAUTY
But , John wouldn't be marrying her.
4) I was surprised to find out that Martin hadn't married Jane.
SURPRISE
It me that Martin hadn't married Jane.
5) The deaths of almost sixty people were caused by the tornado.
RESULTED
The tornado almost sixty people.
6) " I wish I'd had the chance to visit Dublin", Peter said.
NOT
Peter regretted the chance to visit Dublin.

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DIDN'T COME UP TO/DID NOT COME UP TO
PHRASAL VERB COME UP TO
If someone or something comes up to a required standard they meet that standard:
The meal didn't come up to expectations.
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COMMITTED HERSELF TO TAKING
VERB + YOURSELF + PREPOSITION COMMIT YOURSELF TO + GERUND
To say that someone will definitely do something or must do something:
Throughout medical school I have committed myself to finding the one specialty that aligns perfectly with my personality.
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FOR ANN'S BEAUTY
CONJUNCTION BUT FOR + NOUN
Used when you are saying that something would have happened if something or someone else had not prevented it:
But for your courage, we would all have gone to the prison.
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CAME AS A SURPRISE TO
IDIOM COME AS A SURPRISE TO SB
An event, a piece of news, etc. that is unexpected or that happens suddenly:
This should not come as a surprise given the various statistics we've gathered about retirement savings in America.
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RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF
VERB + PREPOSITION RESULT IN SOMETHING
To make something happen:
Recent explosive human population growth has resulted in an excess of rare genetic variants.
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NOT HAVING HAD/THAT HE HAD NOT HAD
REPORTED SPEECH REGRET + GERUND
To feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do:
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.
SPITE OF BEING
LINKING WORD IN SPITE OF + GERUND
Without being affected or prevented by something:
In spite of feeling terribly sick, I went to work every day.
FRANK OR MARY IS INCAPABLE OF
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION EITHER ... OR
Used to show a choice of two things: Either she could not come or she did not want to.
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