Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Could you lend me some money? I'm very ________ of cash at the moment.

2. In the summer we often sleep in the ________ air on our terrace.

3. An oppressive ________, and not the festive mood one might have expected charecterized the mood of the gathering.

4. Every day thousands of ________ fly the Atlantic for negotiations with American firms.

5. It was such a hot day ________ the surface of the road began to melt.

6. It is a good idea to be ________ dressed when you go for a interview.

7. There will now be a ________ interval for refreshments.

8. At first, very few people believed Darwin's theory of evolution because it did not seem at all ________.

9. It's all over between Pete and Anne: she's walked ________ on him.

10. One ________ of public transport is its unreliability.

16. He played an active ________ in politics until he was well over 80.

17. My brother is always late for appointments. He seems to be ________ of leaving the house on time.

18. The manager ________ the men to return to work immediately.

19. Do come ________ instead of standing there on the doorstep in the rain.

20. This journal ________ in Poland for more than twelve years by now.