CPE Masterclass U1 vocab review

It's the simple dishes and drinks that everyone gets wrong. A cup of coffee. A simple salad. A piece of toast. Trying to find a café that will serve you a __ poached egg is near impossible.

The desk was covered __ with books, pens, papers, and other less understandable items like a mouldy cup that once had coffee inside, a model of an orc weilding an axe...

The film is __ with political references and highly critical of the corruption of modern capitalism and its impact on the poorer classes.

As I opened the door, it all __ back. I could imagine my grandmother in the kitchen and smell the cake she would've baked. I could hear the yipping of the little dog. And yet, the place looked fundamentally different.

The plot is thoroughly __ and makes the whole novel unputdownable. The end result is a real page-turner in terms of action and excitement.

Years afterwards, the police asked me to retrace the events from that day. It was hard to go back and once again walk and talk them through it. I had to try hard to __ the fear and echoes of events that years of therapy had soothed.

These luxury hotels and aeroplanes we hear about can only possibly cater to the mega -rich. For the rest of us they represent __ luxury.

With more than a __ __ at social events stemming from the times of the Inquisition, this novel turned my preconception of the role of the church on its head.

He was exactly how I remembered him physically. The same boyish charm, just as handsome as ever. But something had changed in HOW I saw. The reunion didn't __ old feelings. He was gorgeous and yet, weirdly. not attractive to me any more.

It's a quiet little retreat for those who are searching for some peace. There are a handful of cabins around a lake and few others can be found __ off into the woods.

The writer vividly __ of the fragility and the protective role of single parents in an unsympathetic world.

The book inevitably __ my own interests and experiences.

In attemp to bring back the "penny dreadful", Richard Dewmont __ __ __ into the genre by turning trite plot twists and hackneyed stereotypes into a reflection of modern concerns still under the flickering light of a Victorian candle.

Although the plot is intriguing and the dialogue vividly realistic, the entire novel is __ by a tendency to constrain the character development within hackneyed stereotypes.

I __ remember meeting my first puppy. There isn't a single hair on her little quivering body I can't picture perfectly. Her needle sharp teeth, the constantly wagging tail, the pitter-patter of her claws...

The novel is action packed and high paced with all events tying up nicely with each other and __ in a terrific finale.

As you follow the character on her downward spiral into chaos, terror __ as she starts losing her grip on reality and can't distinguish the creatures in her nightmares from the people around her.

The decor was plain and antiseptic. So clean and void of character that it was __ of a dentist's office.

There is growing evidence that the economy is at last __ from recession: the unemployment rate is dropping, furloughs are less common, and job condtions are getting better.