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Find a suitable word that is similar in meaning to 'big' for each blank.

Jim had a 1.serious decision to make. He was about to leave college and had
planned to spend some time travelling overseas. Just as he was about to buy his
plane ticket, he had been offered a job in a 2.large engineering company. A friend
of Jim's father, Mr King, who was 3.influential in the local business community
and always drove 4.huge cars, had recommended him for the job and he had had
a successful interview in the firm's 5.extensive office complex. It was a well-paid
job but Jim had always wanted to travel. He decided to ask his 6.elder sister Sally
for advice but she just said, 'You're a 7.grown-up lad now Jim—you have to
make your own decisions.' His father had already told him what he thought. 'This
is a marvellous opportunity. You'll just have to give up all those 8.ambitious
ideas about wandering round the world and settle down to work.' There was no
point in asking his mother for help. Although she was a 9.beefy woman, far
bigger than her husband, she was afraid of him and never dared to disagree
with him. 'l ‘ ll ask Aunt Liz,' Jim decided. Liz was his father's sister and
worked very hard in an office, as well as looking after her three children.
Although she was very busy, she had a 10.generous heart and was always
willing to listen to her nephew. She suggested the ideal solution. Jim went
on a shorter trip and the firm allowed him to take up the job later than the
original starting date.
Julie's family live in a mansion with spacious stretches of grassland.
2 Sue still acts like a spoilt child, although her mother keeps telling her that
at seventeen she's too mature to do so.
3 We were faced with an important decision—to accept a lower price for
our house or take it off the market.
4 The Wang brothers have grand plans to start their own business but they
have no money.
5 Ken used to work for a large electronics firm but he has his own small
business now.
6 His sons are both tall men but David is quite small.
7 Meg's father is influential in the local drama club but he's not a
professional actor.
8 The old lady had a generous heart but she could not afford to lend her
neighbour money.
9 The children watched the huge ship go out to sea.
10. Fred has two elder brothers who were at university before he started
nursery school.

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