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C2 Proficiency Key Word Transformations UoE Part 4

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MIGHT I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON
I've been racking my brains to remember where I've seen that man before.
FINGER
Try as I ................................................................. where I've seen that man before.
LOGICAL WAS HIS ARGUMENT THAT NO-ONE/NOBODY COULD
His logic proved to be irrefutable.
ARGUMENT
So ..................................................................... refute it.
AS WELL LEAVE NOW THAT THE BAND HAVE
The band's not going to play any more, so why don't we leave?
NOW
We might ..................................................................... given their final encore.
IT NOT BEEN FOR BOB, WE WOULD HAVE
Thanks to Bob, we won the match.
FOR
Had.................................................................... lost the match.
THAT HE WOULD TELL THE TRUTH/TO TELL THE TRUTH FROM
He promised never to lie again.
TRUTH
He swore..................................................................... now on.
MATTER HOW OFTEN SHE WARNS
She's forever warning her husband about driving too fast, but he pays no attention.
OFTEN
No ............................................................................... her husband about driving too fast, he pays no attention.
SOONER HAD SHE GRADUATED THAN SHE WENT
She emigrated immediately after gaining her degree.
GRADUATED
No ..........................................................................abroad.
LOSS OF HIS JOB BROUGHT PHIL DOWN TO
Phil stopped being unrealistic when he lost his job.
BROUGHT
The ........................................................................ Earth.
FOR HER FATHER'S ASSISTANCE, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE
She got her licence because her father helped her learn to drive.
ASSISTANCE
But ............................................................................ passed her driving test.
NOT TO BLAME FOR THE DOG CHEWING
It wasn't Susan's fault that the dog chewed your slipper.
BLAME
Susan's ....................................................................... your slipper.
MY FATHER WHO TALKED ME INTO LEARNING
My father persuaded me to learn another foreign language.
TALKED
It was ......................................................................... another foreign language.
COULDN'T MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF
I found the plot of the book too complicated to follow.
HEAD
I ................................................................................. the plot of the book.
fell short of my
The play wasn't as good as I'd been led to believe.

short

The play _________________________________ expectations.
there is no harm in
He probably won't know the answer, but you might as well ask.

harm

Although he probably won't know the answer, _________________________________ asking.
took no notice of
Jim's mother paid no attention to his silly behaviour.

notice

Jim's mother _________________________________ his silly behaviour.
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