Question

What’s the missing word? (Mind the grammatical form!)

1. Jane has rather a s____________ tongue, I'm afraid. She often speaks in a severe and critical way.
2. He e____________ his way to the front of the crowd.(=pushed everyone rudely;)
3. What are you reading? Nothing. I’m just t____________ through the magazine to see what’s in it.
4. I’d like to c_________________ you on winning the contest.
5. You look and behave just like your mother. You r________________ me of her so much.
6. A m______________ teenager is often unfriendly because he feels angry or unhappy. (=often in a bad mood)
7. S_______________ are people who arrive, especially from another country, in a new place and claim the land in order to live on it and farm it.
8. A new t_____________ of Amazon Indians was discovered. (= a group of people who live together)
9. When you're b__________, you've got no or little hair on your head.
10. Did you know that John i____________ a huge fortune when his grandfather died?
11. Yesterday we saw a huge h__________ of elephants. (=a group)
12. They've left for Ireland in s___________ of a better life.