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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>______ from work</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">absence</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The company has paid out a lot of money in ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">rent</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The movie starts in ten ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">minutes</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>They voted ______ to strike action.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">yes</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She had never had any close ______ with another woman.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">companionship</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The soldiers stood in a ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">line</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He scored three ______ against New Zealand.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">tries</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He built his ______ from breeding horses.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">fortune</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the ______ of life as a journey</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">metaphor</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The conference examined key ______ relating to the reform.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">issues</choice></choice_g></item>
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