Collocations in Use – Part 99

.Complete each sentence using a verb from the box in the appropriate form

Face / hinder / carry / fight / pose / respond / tackle / spot / strike

.N1. The government is doing all it can to …………. the drug problem in our cities
. …………. N2. We had only just set off on our holiday when disaster
? N3. Can you …………. the six deliberate errors in this story
N4. The international community does not always …………. as promptly as would be desirable to an emergency
.N5. Any new enterprise …………. some risk of failure but that should not deter you
.N6. I am afraid that Sandy’s problems at home may be …………. his progress at school
.N7. If we …………. the problems together we should find it easier to tackle them
.N8. By the end of the expedition the climbers were …………. for their very survival
.N9. A man like that in a position of power …………. a serious threat to world security

: ANSWERS

N1. tackle
N2. struck
N3. spot
N4. respond
N5. carries
N6. hindering
N7. face
N8. fighting
N9. poses