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• Trustful – trusting: always believing that other people are good or honest and will not harm or deceive you.
• Trustworthy: able to be trusted.
You can leave the money with him as he’s totally ______________.
You shouldn't be so ______________ - people take advantage of you.
• Dependent : needing the support of something or someone in order to continue existing or operating
• Dependant: someone who depends on you for financial support, such as a child or family member who does not
work
• Dependable: If someone or something is dependable, you can trust them or have confidence in them
I need someone _______________ to look after the children while I'm at work.
My pension will provide for my _________________.
It's very easy to become _______________ on sleeping pills.
• Differ: to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way.
• Differentiate: to show or find the difference between things which are compared
We do not ______________ between our workers on the basis of their background or ethnic origin.
The twins look alike, but they ____________ in temperament.
His views ______________considerably from those of his parents.
I think these sales forecasts are __________, considering how slow sales are at present.
The whole bizarre evening had an _______________ quality to it.
She was first ___________ by the critics at the age of 12, and went on to become a world-famous violinist.
Getting both sides to agree was a ____________achievement.
There has been a _______________ improvement in Tim's cooking.
The company is ______________ for paying its bills late.
• Exert: to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something
happen
• Extort : to get something by force or threat, or with difficulty
He had been _______________ money from the old lady for years.
If you were to_____________ your influence they might change their decision.
• Flounder: to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next
• Wallow in sth : to remain in an unhappy emotional state without trying to get out of it, as if you
are enjoying it or trying to get sympathy from other people
He lost the next page of his speech and _________________ (about/around) for a few seconds.
• Conform to/with sth : to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a
traditional way.
• Follow : to obey or to act as ordered by someone
• Shoestring : If you do something on a shoestring, you do it with a very small amount of money
• Low-cost : cheap
• Wafer-thin : extremely thin
• Out of hand: If you refuse something out of hand, you refuse it completely without thinking about
or discussing it
• In hand : being worked on or dealt with now
• Hand over fist : If you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose a lot of money very
quickly
They've had plenty of time to prepare, so the arrangements should be well _______________.