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Connect words with their meaning:

abruptly tackle bid dire splint gruelling soar snap

coveted tout stern pin slopestyle skin graft outing rule out

1. a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles
including rails, jumps and other terrain park features: __________________
2. an attempt or effort to achieve something: __________________
3. to make much of: PROMOTE, TALK UP __________________
4. to exclude, eliminate __________________
5. to ascend to a higher or more exalted level __________________
6. earnestly wished for or sought after _________________
7. in a sudden and unexpected way __________________
8. to break suddenly with a sharp sound __________________
9. causing great fear or worry, terrible, dreadful __________________
10. material or a device used to protect and immobilize a body part __________________
11. having a definite hardness or severity of nature __________________
12. to try to deal with a problem __________________
13. a piece of solid material (such as wood or metal) used especially __________________
for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be
suspended from another
14. a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from
one area of the body and transplanted, or attached, to another area. __________________
15. tiring to the point of exhaustion _________________
16. an athletic competition or race __________________

2. Use the adequate words in the following sentences:

on board circuit painkiller outcome setback
determination insert aspiring immersed crutches

1. Please __________ your comments in the space below.

2. He made a speech expressing his ______________ to rebuild the economy.
3. Labels on this ______________ recommend consulting a doctor if a person has had more than
three alcoholic drinks, he said.
4. Supporters of the treaty say that it will be necessary to have the United States ______________.
5. It took three years of rehabilitation, but Meidl once again walked without the aid of ___________.
6. She has won a number of tournaments on this year’s tennis ________________.
7. The number of _____________ candidates increased in the 1970s, but so too did the number of
seats fought.
8. She was far too ____________ in her studies.
9. The team suffered a serious ______________ when the goalkeeper went off injured.
10. It was impossible to predict the ______________ of the election.

3. What is a “cork” in snowboarding?

A 'cork' describes a jump where the rider rotates through the air on two different axes – the
horizontal axis (spin) and vertical axis (flip) – in the same motion as a corkscrew.