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Proficiency Expert C2 - Module 2A

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  • Some residents found that they spent restless nights tossing and turning without the reassuring _______ of the air-conditioning units.
    hum
  • _____________ with rage at customer support is unlikely to resolve your difficulties.
    Bellowing
  • ______________ tyres outside made him jump out of his seat with a start.
    Screeching
  • The joke was so hilarious that they all __________ with laugher.
    hooted
  • The officer ________________ his orders so harshly that some new recruits felt unconfortably intimidated at first.
    barked
  • The stranded passengers let out a cheer as the transmitter __________ to life with the sound of their rescuers voices
    chirped
  • The hammer fell so hard upon his thumb that his ______________ of pain were heard right down the street.
    howls
  • No-one was more surprised than he when he managed to ________ through the exam with only 1% over the pass mark.
    squeak
  • He was so hoarse he could barely _______________ his own name.
    croak
  • I love the tranquility of the countryside far from the contant __________ of the motorway.
    roar
  • The ____________ of excitement hushed to an almost inaudible whisper as they waiting with bated breath for their name to be called.
    buzz
  • Their mid-winter dip made their teeth ___________ as they shivered against the biting cold of the icy wind.
    chatter
  • With all the _____________ and squabbling at the market it was sometimes difficult to understand whether any real trading took place at all
    Squawking
  • The noise was so tremendously deafening that employees are required to wear hearing protection mufflers which dampen the _______ of the engines.
    roar