Words of the Day (Jan 2019) - quiz A

Let's get down to business, shall we? ________. We need to discuss the budget, then we can deal with all the other issues.

1. First over first
2. First thing first
3. First thing's first
4. First things first

You will get the best result if you use freshly ________ coffee beans.

1. graded
2. grinded
3. ground
4. grounded

He was in a wheelchair for a couple of weeks after the accident. He's much better now and needs to learn to walk on ________.

1. canes
2. crotches
3. crutches
4. sticks

I was looking for their house and ________. Would you believe it?

1. got lost
2. lasted
3. lost
4. losted

How was the flight? Oh, you have so many bags. We need a luggage ________.

1. barrow
2. trailer
3. trolley
4. truck

I'm afraid this open-plan office isn't enough anymore. We need to find larger ________.

1. precautions
2. premises
3. promises
4. propositions

You're so picky. What's your ________ of a perfect husband then?

1. idea
2. image
3. imagination
4. imagine

All these items will cost you only £25 including ________.

1. A&E
2. P&P
3. R&B
4. R&D

Then she brought a bowl of lovely ________ biscuits.

1. china
2. poultry
3. wafer
4. wrinkle

She decided to wait for him in his office, so she sat down and started ________ through the magazines that were on his desk.

1. leafing
2. sheeting
3. touching
4. waving