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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the words and definitions. Click on a word then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>a ______ in his career</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">gap</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>It was with great ______ that we learned of his death.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">sadness</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She held up a clenched fist in ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">defiance</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She received an ______ from the PPS Foundation.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">award</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>His good looks helped him on the ______ to success.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">ladder</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the fiercest ______ in professional sports</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">rivalry</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>We heard the news over the ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">loudspeaker</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the ______ of the disaster/destruction/problem</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">scale</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>There shall be no ______ for my enemies.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">mercy</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the ______ over corruption in public life</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">scandals</choice></choice_g></item>
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