doubt

have (your) doubts  

have no doubts at all  

raise doubts =make people have doubt 

express/voice doubts =say that you have doubts  

nagging/lingering doubt =a doubt that does not go away  

serious/grave doubts  

an element of doubt =a  slight doubt  

there is little/some/no doubt (that) =used to talk about how certain you are about something 

not the slightest doubt =no doubt at all  

without a shadow of a doubt =with no doubt at all  

cast/throw doubt on something =make someone feel  

uncertain about something

vocabulary

choice which completes each item.

1.He has very dark eyebrows. He looks -----.

a.      hurt                      b. fierce         c. attractive                    d. smart

2.You can buy false teeth to help you -----.

a. bite                   b. smell                   c. taste                           d. shout

3.You raise your -----when you are surprised.

a. armpits              b. shoulders            c. eyebrows                   d. eyelids

4.Women can -----a little black mascara on their eyelashes.

a. wear                  b. grow                   c. put                             d. pour

5.Some women think that hair on man’s chin or ----makes him look friendly.

a. beard                b. bread                  c. moustache                  d. bear

6.Mr. and Mrs. Smith wanted to buy clothes. Their hips were not too ----.

a. large                  b. big                      c. wide                          d. short

7.They were a very average couple. -----one thing.

a. According to     b. Except for           c. Just for                       d. Especially for

8.Mr. Smith had -----feet.

a. average size       b. average-sized     c. size – average             d. sized-average

9.There were two men there, one fat and ------thin.

a. one                   b. other                   c. the other                    d. another thin

10. Each person’s fingerprints are -----.

a. attractive           b. unique                c. precise                       d. exact

11. Women have rounder ----than men.

a. waists               b. wastes                c. hips                           d. chests

12. Are you going to Linda’s 21^st birthday party?

-    No , I haven’t been ----.

a. remembered      b. invited                c. performed                  d. called

13. They turned right into a street which cars -----to go into.

a. were not allowed         b. were allowed not    c. not allowed   d. allowed not

14. The policemen ----his whistle to stop the car.

a.      blew           b. below                 c. blow                          d. blue

15. The car didn’t stop ,so the policeman ----his motor-cycle to follow them.

a. got into             b. got off                c. got in                         d. got onto

16. The ----student spends two to three hours a night doing homework.

a. average            b. unique                c. broad                         d. abroad

17. You need to put some weight on. You’re too -----.

a. overweight        b. slim                    c. fat                              d. skinny

18. He was tall ,----and blond and really good-looking.

a. slim                  b. ugly                    c. frowned                     d. bruised

19. If someone -----as middle-aged, then how old are they?

a. is described       b. describes            c. deion                 d. deive

20. When does a baby stop ----a baby?

a. being called      b. calling                 c. to be called                 d. be calling

21. He is old enough to -----for the election.

a. vote                   b. depend               c. guess                         d. admit

22. In some countries, someone becomes an adult when the government----.

a. says                  b. talks                   c. tells                            d. speaks

23. Is John about forty-five?

-    Yes , ---------.

a. he is around fifteen       b. he is the oldest      c. he is grown up         d. he is in his mid-fifties

24. Do you know ----?

a. how old is Mary      b. age of Mary is      c. how old Mary is            d. Mary’s age is

25. Neither of the two sisters ----.

a. has ever married                              b. had ever married                

c. had never married                            d. has never married

26. She is not very well. I hope that she gets ----soon.

a. well                  b. fine                     c. nice                            d. good

27. What’s ------? You look terrible.

a. wrong               b. serious                c. news                          d. matter

28. I was sorry ----that you were ill.

a. hear                  b. to hear               c. hearing                       d. heard

29. I’m feeling ----better now.

a. very                  b. so                       c. much                         d. little

30. You are looking terrible.

-    Yes , I ------well last night.

a. not sleep           b. slept not             c. didn’t sleep                d. do not sleep

31. A quick ---- of the street showed that no one was about.

a. examine             b. examination         c. review                        d. survey

32. Those aged between 13 and 19 are ----.

a. teenagers          b. youth                  c. youngster                   d. adults

33. She hated him for being so ---- because he stopped her from seeing her friends.

a. mean                b. accurate              c. exact                          d. hurried

34. The bigger your forehead is, ----intelligent you are supposed to be.

a. the most            b. the more             c. more                          d. most

35. ----moustaches, there are some women who think they are very attractive.

a. As for                b. UP to                 c. As so                         d. So far

36. A person who does not like their nose can have it -----with plastic surgery.

a. changed           b. change                c. to change                   d. changing

37. A plastic surgeon can break your jaw and ----the whole lower half of your face.

a. re-make            b. re-do                  c. wrinkle                       d. make-up

38. Mascara is a dark substance for coloring and ----the eyelashes.

a. attracting           b. thickening          c. touching                     d. beauty