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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>The protests were becoming something of an ______ to the government.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">embarrassment</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>His brows drew together in a ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">frown</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Two teenagers carried out a frenzied ______ on a taxi driver.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">attack</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Add a teaspoonful of curry ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">powder</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He spent about a ______ decorating the house.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">month</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The argument helped to clear the ______ between them.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">air</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>an attempt to bypass the bureaucratic ______</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">system</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Desperate ______ were resorted to in the search for food.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">remedies</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Great care is taken to avoid overt ______ within the group.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">disagreements</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I don't want to go into all the ______ just now.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">technicalities</choice></choice_g></item>
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