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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>That was a horrible ______ to say to her.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">thing</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He preferred to make his money from honest ______ rather than from gambling.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">work</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>We tried to take advantage of the prevailing south-westerly ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">winds</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>How can you do your job with a clean ______?</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">conscience</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>a foreign policy ______ delivered by the president</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">speech</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>A declining ______ has to provide for an increasing number of retired people.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">workforce</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the party's policy on comprehensive ______</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">education</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>His face turned an even deeper ______ of red.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">shade</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>His film opens with the sweet ______ of birdsong.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">sound</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Take the free ______ of the rope and pass it through the hole.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">end</choice></choice_g></item>
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