The manual was comprehensively / potentially reviewed by an editor before it was published. - comprehensively, Robots and AI could inevitably / drastically improve the workplace in the near future. - drastically, By 2020, 30% of jobs could feasibly / progressively be automated. - feasibly, Many people choose to open their phones using text-to-speech/facial-recognition software. They just look at their phones to unlock them. - facial-recognition, All computers need their own chatbot/operating system to run programs and applications. - operating system, Max was hoping that Gary would be willing to listen to alternative viewpoints, but he didn’t expect him to be so narrow-minded / antisocial in his thinking. - narrow-minded, Kayla doesn’t mind people who have strong opinions, but when someone is so chatty / rigid in their opinions that they don’t listen, she gets really frustrated. - rigid, Max looked down against opposition from her parents/on people who hadn’t been to college. - on people who hadn’t been to college, Amanda wanted to leave home, but ran up against opposition from her parents/with her new colleagues. - against opposition from her parents, The teacher dismissed / presumed Hannah’s question as irrelevant. - dismissed, The performance turned out exactly as the director had envisioned / reconsidered. - envisioned, Hilda never gets upset over anything. She’s so spiteful/mellow. - mellow, Roger can find a way to solve almost any problem. He’s very flustered/resourceful. - resourceful, The novel has a very delicate / elaborate plot, which makes it hard to follow. - elaborate, I was disappointed in the steak I had at the restaurant. It was overcooked, tough, and filthy / stringy. - stringy, When Zoe feasted/caught her eyes on the buffet table, she felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start. - feasted, My boss and I just didn’t turn a blind eye/see eye to eye on how we should organize the new office space. - see eye to eye, Nick and Jan were a little nervous as they entered the abandoned / scenic factory. - abandoned, The lush / barren, green Amazon Rainforest is full of tropical plants. - lush, Kim realized that the implication/source of her problems at school was her lack of motivation. - source, The staff's unhappiness stemmed/forced from the fact that wages hadn’t increased in years. - stemmed, You don’t seem at all nervous for someone who is about to have their first job interview (remarkably, calm). - You look remarkably calm for someone who is about to have their first job interview., It was very rare to see cell phones in the 1980s (highly, unusual). - It was highly unusual to see cell phones in the 1980s., Nick bought the car because he thought it was underrated / underpriced. - underpriced, If you are too overconfident /overwhelmed, you may not put in the effort needed to succeed. - overconfident, The celebration that we now observe / honor as Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhaim. - observe, October 31st kept alive / marked the end of the warm days of summer and the beginning of the cold winter. - marked, (adopt) parents have the same legal rights as biological parents. - adoptive, We must fight to protect the (ancestor) lands and resources of indigenous people. - ancestral, What are your powers of concentration / lapses in concentration like during lectures? - powers of concentration, If it’s a group project, you know the biggest source of distraction / constant interruption will be other people. - source of distraction, The audiences were attached/blown away by the amazing concert scenes in Bohemian Rhapsody. - blown away, Natalia decided to get go-ahead/rid of thirty pairs of shoes so she would have more space in her closet. - rid of, This month, I’m going to try to cut back / out sugar from my diet completely. - out, While listening to the gentle music, Katie drifted off / slipped away to sleep. - drifted off, I think one of my problems is that I have a very sedentary lifestyle/cholesterol levels. - sedentary lifestyle, I’ve noticed your digestion/posture is not always good – your shoulders are very rounded. - posture, Oysters are not only delicious, but they are highly wholesome / nutritious. - nutritious, Many Nebraska farmers raise cattle / cereals on the grassy fields of their ranches. - cattle, Many people would like their homes to be renewable/self-sustainable as far as energy is concerned. - self-sustainable, Today more families than ever before are living off-grid/emissions in terms of electricity, although they still get gas supplied. - off-grid, Jade chose a painting with bold / muted colors to stand out against the pale background of her wall. - bold, Few colors conjure up / resonate with the idea of royalty more effectively than purple and gold. - conjure up, When Alex got the restaurant bill, she turned red/saw red. They had charged $12 for a bottle of water. - saw red, Fortunately, Josh knew someone in the Embassy who could cut through all the red tape/green thumb and get him a new passport quickly. - red tape, Farmers have been badly affected by the abrupt / desired change in the weather, with heavy rainfall damaging crops yesterday. - abrupt, Due to unforeseen / desired circumstances, we had to postpone our vacation. - unforeseen, Some people handle disruption/transition to their work better than others. - disruption, New regional managers were appointed, which led to a resist/shake-up in most departments. - shake-up, Speech-to-text software is A going to B make writing texts faster. (undoubtedly) - A, Robot companions in the home A will B be appreciated by the elderly. (surely) - B, The future perfect or the future perfect continuous: Next month, we _____________________ (work) in Silicon Valley for five years. That’s incredible! - Next month, we'll have been working in Silicon Valley for five years. That’s incredible!, You do a lot of personality tests. You’ll learn / have learned how to influence the results by now. - will have learned, Robert was annoyed that Tina wouldn’t help him with his project. Expressing an opinion in a polite way/talking about what someone is unwilling to do. - talking about what someone is unwilling to do, Nathan asked if I thought the app would mine his data. Reporting a question/referring to a past habit. - reporting a question, If you keep dropping the plates, you will be looking / look for a new job real soon. - will be looking, If Amanda had been listening, she _ (hear) the instructions. - would have heard, Nate could _ (finish) the painting if he’d had more time. - could have finished, Barbara was stopped by the police. She shouldn’t have been/shouldn'tdriving so fast. - shouldn’t have been, Why did you step into the road like that! You could/should have beenseriously injured! - could have been, Skye has posted hundreds of photos on social media, many of which/whom have received likes. - many of which, Mike applied for three summer jobs, much/each of which was well paid. - each of which, What/That I like most about you is your personality. - what, I’m running out of memory on my phone, so how/what I’m going to do is delete some photos. - what, Reached / Having reached the top, he took a smaller key from the keyring and opened the door before him. - Having reached, Unlocked / Unlocking the door, he felt a surge of excitement. - Unlocking, What/thing he never expected was to have a magician at his party. - what, It/the only person who didn’t get a piece of cake was my sister! - the, Whatever/whichever people say, I think it’s great to celebrate birthdays with a party. - Whatever, Whenever/ However much she tried, Alyssa couldn’t remember where she had left her keys. - However, envelope / results / test / the / the / In /were - In the envelope were the test results, bread / house / drifts / Through / of / the / the / smell - Through the house drifts the smell of bread, No never / way! It can’t be true. - No way, Little / Before did he know what surprises would await him. - Little, As this particular result indicates / infers / shows, motivation increases when a reward is highly valued. - infers, As all athletes can attest / imagine / illustrate, you must make sacrifices to win. - illustrate, José has to edit his photos by tonight (get). - José has to get his photos edited by tonight., The children playing outside distracted Jim (get). - Jim got distracted by the children playing outside., It seems like my boss is asleep at her desk (appear). - My boss appears to be sleeping at her desk., You should spend at least four hours on your feet each day to stay healthy (need). - You need to be spending at least four hours on your feet each day to stay healthy, This / It is often thought that improving air quality is the responsibility of governments and industries. - It, Neither of my sisters like / likes the color scheme in my house. They say it is dull. - likes, A million dollars is / are a lot to pay for a car. - is, Here is the/an interesting question – why is the ocean blue? - an, - / the simplest answer is that the water is shallower and the sunlight reflects off the sand beneath it. - the, Over six inches of rain is reported to have fallen/fall over the last 24 hours in the DC region. - to have fallen, I’m relieved to escaped / have escaped from the rising water. - to have escaped, ‘‘Please leave at once,’’ the man told her. The man insisted that _ at once. - she leave, ‘‘The best thing would be for everyone to vote for Tina Robinson,’’ said the politician. The politician advised that _ for Tina Robinson. - everyone vote,

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