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Hello all members!
Welcome to another edition of the club newsletter.

A list of .................................................... (COME) forthcoming events for the autumn is being
prepared. It will be displayed on the club's .................................................... (NOTICE). Sadly our
intended celebrity guest, the actor George Wells, has had to ......................................................
(DRAW) from the summer fair. However, we are pleased to announce that we have lined up
a ........................................................ (PLACE) in the shape of Bethan Rogers, the folk-singer.
Meanwhile, we are looking for ...................................................... (VOLUNTARY) to help run both
the cloakroom and the ......................................................... (FRESH) stall. If you are interested please
let me know as soon as possible. The cost of ..................................................... (ADMIT) to the fair for
non-members has been agreed at 2.50. Members will, of course, be free. As you know, Professor
Byatt, who has been associated with the club for 15 years, is retiring at the end of term.
In ....................................................... (RECOGNIZE) of his support and enthusiasm, we are planning
to hold a little ......................................................... (PRESENT) for him. Mrs Byatt has suggested we
buy him a gold watch. Please send any ........................................................... (CONTRIBUTE) you
would like to make to me by Friday 30th.
FORTHCOMING/UPCOMING,
NOTICEBOARD,
WITHDRAW,
REPLACEMENT,
VOLUNTEERS, REFRESHMENT, ADMISSION, RECOGNITION, PRESENTATION,
CONTRIBUTIONS
Last year I resigned my post as a Head of Department at a large comprehensive school. After 23 years
of
teaching,
I
had
simply had enough
of
a
job which
is
becoming
increasingly ........................................................ (PROBLEM). As a Departmental Head, I saw at close
hand the effect of the government's increased ........................................................ (INVOLVE) in
educational matters; the job is now ten times more ....................................................... (BUREAU)
than it was when I started out. Not content with loading teachers down with paperwork, the
government has also imposed standard national tests on pupils as young as six, a fact which has left
many teachers ................................................... (ENCHANT) with their profession.
But that side of things is by no means all. There is also the growing .....................................................
(AGGRESSIVE) of the pupils, including the girls. There are the frequent little acts
of
.....................................................
(RUDE)
which
teachers
have
become
almost ........................................................ (POWER) to stop, now that the right to discipline pupils
has been all but taken from them. There is the restlessness and sheer ....................................................
(BORING) of children brought up on a diet of computer games and violent videos. Some people
dismiss any link between computer games and a ......................................................... (REDUCE) in
attention span, but few of them are teachers. When I started out, I used to enjoy teaching history, my
chosen discipline, to ...................................................... (RESPECT) pupils; now I do so every
Tuesday evening, teaching local history to pensioners.
PROBLEMATIC, INVOLVEMENT, BUREAUCRATIC, DISENCHANTED, AGGRESSION,
RUDENESS, POWERLESS, BOREDOM, REDUCTION, RESPECTABLE
Ask any adult over forty to make a ....................................................... (COMPARE) between the past
and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily worse for as long as they
can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in
their ..................................................... (YOUNG) the summers were considerably hotter, and that
winter always included ..................................................... (ABOUND) falls of snow just when the
school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was
imported and everything was fresh. ........................................................ (EMPLOY) was negligible,
the money in your pocket really was worth something, and you could buy
a .................................................. (SIZE) house even if your means were limited. And above all,
people were somehow nicer in those days, and spent their free time on
innocent ...................................................... (PURSUE) making model boats and tending their
stamp ..................................................... (COLLECT) rather than gazing at the television screen for
hours on end.
As we know, this figure of the past simply cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing
with health and .................................................. (PROSPER) which prove that it is not true. So, why is
it that we all have a ..................................................... (TEND) to idealise the past and to be
so .............................................. (CRITICISE) of the present?
COMPARISON, YOUTH, ABUNDANT, UNEMPLOYMENT, SIZEABLE, PURSUITS,
COLLECTIONS, PROSPERITY, TENDENCY, CRITICAL
It's 8.30 at the headquarters of the Boogy Woogers dance group, a ................................................
(REHEARSE) studio in Geneva. Dancers of all shapes and sizes begin to
tumble .................................................. (ENERGY) through the doors. Some begin lumbering up,
others splinter off into groups to try out new moves. One woman, lost in her
own .............................................. (THINK) sits with her headphones on, preparing for the punishing
routines to follow. A long-haired man with a goatee beard puts a tape in the hi-fi, and rap music blares
out of the .................................................. (SPEAK). Soon the room is alive with whirling, spinning
bodies and ....................... (LAUGH) fills the air.
The Boogy Woogers are the brainchild of Tomas Seeler, who handpicked many of his troupe from
local street dancers. Seeler's own ................................................... (BACK) was in gymnastics, but
others come from the worlds of martial arts, bodybuilding and ballet. Many
different .................................................. (NATIONAL) are represented in the group, including
Chilean, Fijian and Senegalese dancers. The group has been performing all over Europe, most notably
in Paris, where they became ................................................. (NIGHT) celebrities. Famous for
their ............................................. (CREATE) and novel interpretations, the Boogy Woogers have
made several ................................................... (APPEAR) on TV, and look set to remain the 'in' thing
for many years to come.
REHEARSAL, ENERGETICALLY, THOUGHTS, SPEAKERS, LAUGHTER, BACKGROUND,
NATIONALITIES, OVERNIGHT, CREATIVE, APPEARANCES
One of the most ................................................. (WORRY) crime statistics in Europe is the rise in
juvenile crime. Often the root cause is addiction to drugs, an expensive habit which often leads
young .................................................... (OFFENCE)
into a life of petty crime. Some
parents, ..................................................... (ABILITY) to cope with their children's addiction have
thrown them out of home, forcing them to live the lives of ................................................. (BEG).
'Kate' (not her real name) is one such person. ..................................................... (HOME) since she
was 18, Kate has had various brushes with the law, most recently for .....................................................
(SHOP), in order to raise cash to fuel a heroin habit. As a result of that transgression, Kate spent two
months in prison, rubbing shoulders with .............................................. (HARD) criminals and
murderers. Kate accepts that she acted ...................................................... (LEGAL) in stealing
computer equipment, and doesn't bear any grudges towards the police. 'It's their job
to ................................................. (FORCE) the law, I understand that. And I'm trying to come to
terms with my addiction.' Kate has come good. Helped by the social services, she hasn't touched any
drugs for the best part of a year. But, sadly, for every Kate there are ten young people for whom prison
is no ..................................................... (DETER) at all.
WORRYING/WORRISOME, OFFENDERS, UNABLE, BEGGARS, HOMELESS, SHOPLIFTING,
HARDENED, ILLEGALLY, ENFORCE, DETERRENT
This year, productivity in the factory has suffered because of a lack of expert technical knowledge. As
a result we have made very substantial ..................................................... (INVEST) in sending
employees on training courses. The fact remains that it is becoming ................................................
(INCREASE) difficult to get skilled labourers with the right ..................................................
(QUALIFY) , experience, and above all, .................................................. (EXPERT). The company
has also suffered this year from the industrial .................................................. (ACT) in November,
which saw 340 union members walk out in a pay dispute. Union .......................................................
(REPRESENT) eventually sat down with management and negotiated a 4 per cent pay rise, but not
until 5 working days had been lost to the strike. As a result of such problems we recognise the need
to ...................................................... (ECONOMY) in certain areas, and, on the advice of our external
...................................................... (CONSULT) , Prior and Young, we have identified the need for at
least 3 departments to be ....................................................... (STREAM). It is thought that this will
mean the loss of between 6 and 10 jobs, though the exact figures and nature of the redundancies will
be .................................................. (CLEAR) in the next report.
INVESTMENTS,
INCREASINGLY,
QUALIFICATIONS,
EXPERTISE,
ACTION,
REPRESENTATIVES, ECONOMIZE, CONSULTANT, STREAMLINED, CLARIFIED
Press .................................................... (SPECULATE) continues over whether the Prime Minister is

on the point of calling a General Election. An ................................................... (ANNOUNCE) is
expected shortly from government headquarters. Political ................................................. (ANALYSE)
believe that the timing of an election is crucial to the ................................................ (SURVIVE) of
the
government.
Michael
Lee
of
the
'Independent'
commented:
'We've
had
repeated ..................................................... (ASSURE) from the Prime Minister that no election would
be called this year, but present circumstances may just cause him to change his mind.' Six months ago
this would have been .................................................... (THINK). An election would have
been ................................................... (POLITICS) suicide, and would certainly have led to
the .................................................... (DOWN) of the government. The government was coming in for
severe ....................................................... (CRITICISE) because of its education policy. It was also
widely attacked for its ................................................... (DISASTER) involvement in the arms export
scandal, and for its .................................................. (FAIL) to address the problem
of .......................................................... (EMPLOY). But according to recent opinion polls, the
electorate is impressed at the way the PM has restored party ................................................. (UNITE)
and overcome the internal ........................................................ (DIVIDE) which were threatening to
rip the party apart. Michael Lee comments: 'There would be some .......................................................
(JUSTIFY) in calling an election pretty soon. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it happens within
the next day or two.'
SPECULATION,
ANNOUNCEMENT,
ANALYSTS,
SURVIVAL,
ASSURANCES,
UNTHINKABLE, POLITICAL, DOWNFALL, CRITICISM, DISASTROUS, FAILURE,
UNEMPLOYMENT, UNISON, DIVISIONS, JUSTIFICATION
Dear Sir or Madam,

I travelled last week on a Transworld Airbus from London Gatwick to Copenhagen. This was the
outward journey of a holiday in Denmark, a ............................................... (PACK) tour arranged
through a company called 'Sunset'. My ...................................................... (FLY) was due to leave at
8.20 am on Tuesday 25th November, but did not in fact leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight
hours. The reason given was that vital ....................................................... (MAINTAIN) work had to
be carried out. Although all passengers were given a free meal, no other offer
of ..................................................... (ASSIST) was given. Such a long delay is
totally ........................................................ (ACCEPT) , and I feel justified in the circumstances in
requesting some form of financial .......................................................... (COMPENSATE). I have
written
to
the
tour
...................................................
(OPERATE)
,
who
denied ................................................ (RESPONSIBLE) and advised me to write to you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Charles Rogers
PACKAGE,
FLIGHT,
MAINTENANCE,
ASSISTANCE,
UNACCEPTABLE,
COMPENSATION, OPERATOR, RESPONSIBILITY
Ram sa 3 metalne ljuljaske
Ram ljuljaske sa 2 dvoseda
mala klackalica
klackalica sa 3 sipke i 8 sedista
kombinovana vrteska sa fiksnim tockom za samookretanje
sferna vrteska
Slonce na sankama za klacenje
magarence na sankama za klacenje
kucica sa mostom, platformom sa balkonom, toboganom i stepenicama (miki maus, mini, patak
daca, paja patak, dusko dugousko, tviti, silvester, daisy duck)
gusarski brod (petar pan, kapetan kuka, zvoncica i vendi)
fotelja pariska noc
ugaona garniture pariska noc
tabure pariska noc

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Hello all members!

Welcome to another edition of the club newsletter.

Press .................................................... (SPECULATE) continues over whether the Prime Minister is

Dear Sir or Madam,

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