Captain A
person in charge of a ship, a leader of a side in games etc.
Chandler One
who makes and sells candles
Curator A
person in charge of a museum
Cobbler One who mends shoes
Cartographer One
who draws maps
Cashier One
who has charge of the receiving and paying of money
Croupier One
who collects the bets and pays out to the winner in a gambling club or casino.
Confectioner One
who sells sweets and pastries
Charwoman A
woman employed to clean the house or office buildings
Chauffeur One
who is employed to drive a car
Collier One
who works in a coal mine.
Chiropondist One
skilled in the care of hands and feet
cad,
cap, cas, ceiv, cept, cid: to take, to seize, to hold Latin, capere: to seize
receive
(verb): to take in, to acquire
ceas,
cede, ceed, cess: go, yield Latin,
cedere: to go
exceed
(verb): to go beyond a limit, to be greater than
chron:
time Greek, khronos: time chronological (adjective): arranged in
order of time or sequence
clam,
claim: shout Latin,
clamare: to call out, shout clamor
(verb): to make noise
cogn,
gnos: know to know Latin, cognoscere: to know recognize (verb): to know, to identify
corp:
body Latin, corpus: body
corporate
(adjective): formed into a body or association, united in one group
cre,
cresc, cret: grow Latin,
crescere: to grow
create
(verb): to originate, to produce through imagination
cred:
trust, believe Latin,
credere: to believe incredible
(adjective): unbelievable
cour,
cur, curr, curs: run, course Latin,
currere: run occur (verb): to happen,
to come to mind
1)A
large crowd _____ in front of the train station.
gathering to gather
►had gathered had gathering
2)In
winter, driving accidents occur quite _____ on the highways.
►frequently many
much a few
3)Would
you like to _____ to the United States?
trip voyage
►travel went
4)Most
people at some stage have a feeling _____.
Responsible
responsibility
►of responsibility to be responsible
5)This
stadium can hold _____.
much audience ►a large audience much audiences many
audiences
6)When
the mountain forests _____, there can be large forest fires.
►become
dry becoming
dry become drying drying
7)"What
kind of work are you doing for that company?" "I'm _____ as an administrator." worked occupied hired ►employed
8)"I
don't want to buy anything, do you?" "Yes,
I'd like to buy _____"
pencil much pencils any pencils ►some pencils
9)
We can _____ sports on Saturday if you'd like.
do have play
►enjoy
10)
_____ the hotel rooms are reserved throughout peak season.
Almost Almost of ►Almost all of Most of all
11)"Where
did you work before?" "I worked only minutes _____ railroad
track."
from ►from the near
away
1) Someone is
going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to ___
a. can't win b. carry the can c.
chicken d. a can of worms e. chicken and egg
2)Whatever we
do, we are going to come out badly. It's a ___ situation.
a can of worms
b.
carry the can c. chicken d. can't win e. chicken and egg
3) She always
like to think things through very carefully. She likes to ___ .
a. chicken
and egg b. chicken c.
chew things over d. call his
bluff e. call it quits
4) We need a
loan to start the company and we need a company to get the loan. It's a ___
situation.
a. calls the
shots b.
chew things over c.
chicken d. call
his bluff e. chicken and egg
5)We wanted
to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We were soon sorry for being
so ___
a. chicken
and egg b. chicken c.
calls the shots d. chew things over e.
call it quits
______________________________________
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