Collocations in Use – Part 118

.Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending

N1. I think that computers will eventually render
N2. The preliminary meeting set the wheels
N3. Her mother calling her sister ‘the pretty one’ bred
N4. I always suspected the new tax law would spell
N5. I’m sure that your hard work will produce
N6. The boss’s decision to cut wages provoked
N7. The way he behaved last night planted
N8. The Minister’s absence has prompted

.A. an outcry from the staff
.B. speculation that he is unwell
.C. a positive result
.D. disaster for the economy
.E. a lot of resentment
.F. of the new project in motion
.G. books obsolete
.H. doubts in my mind about his honesty

: ANSWERS

.N1. I think that computers will eventually render books obsolete
.N2. The preliminary meeting set the wheels of the new project in motion
.N3. Her mother calling her sister the ‘pretty one’ bred a lot of resentment
.N4. I always suspected the new tax law would spell disaster for the economy
.N5. I’m sure that your hard work will produce a positive result
.N6. The boss’s decision to cut wages provoked an outcry from the staff
.N7. The way he behaved last night planted doubts in my mind about his honesty
.N8. The Minister’s absence has prompted speculation that he is unwell