Dependent Prepositions - Nouns 2
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First complete the table with the prepositions and then complete the sentences with a noun and preposition from the table.
ANSWERS
authority
ban
bearing
emphasis
jinx
restriction
affinity
association
contrast
encounter
obsession
sympathy
abstinence
deviation
excerpt
refuge
respite
transition
division
enquiry
insight
investigation
research
translation
1)
Two British Airways pilots reported a close
a UFO in the skies over Birmingham.
2)
George Preston is an internationally recognized academic
nineteenth-century European art.
3)
Pleading guilty or not guilty in rape cases has little or no
the length of the sentence handed down.
4)
A second
Florence of Arabia will appear in the October 2008 issue of The Atlantic.
5)
The panel discussion will give agents a deeper
luxury cruises and expedition cruises.
6)
Picasso’s sexual
Marie-Thérèse infused his work with new energy and changed his style.
7)
Several U.N. staff members were killed, as were dozens of civilians who'd sought
the fighting.
8)
The
Spanish is somewhat awkward and definitely requires idiomatic agility.
9)
Moscow is considering a
alcohol and tobacco advertising in most public places and on transport.
10)
Behind the front, cooler air will provide a brief
heat, though hot weather will return.
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Answers
1)
encounter with
to meet somebody, or discover or experience something
2)
authority on
someone who is considered an expert in a particular subject
3)
bearing on
the way in which something is related to something
4)
excerpt from
a short extract from a film, a piece of music or writing
5)
insight into
a chance to understand something or learn more about it
6)
obsession with
a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much
7)
refuge from
a place or situation providing safety or shelter
8)
translation into
the process of translating words from one language into another
9)
ban on
an official statement ordering people not to do, sell, or use sth.
10)
respite from
a short period of rest or relief from sth. difficult or unpleasant