Список вопросов базы знаний

He looks ….. he had come into a fortune.

He hoped to be ….. for years of hard work by getting his promotion.

Unfortunately, I had time only to ….. the article before the exam.

Isn't it ….. time you finished watching TV, Andy?

He's been working in the garden since morning, and he is completely …...

I would ….. he spoke to her in private.

I had to go the launderette because my washing machine is out of ……

Having lost patience he kicked the engine to try to ….. it work.

He ….. us how to work the machine.

The word ..... means that you get information without any effort.

..... means to come upon some information or find out about something.

..... means to get some information about something by having made an effort.

Alan is very secretive; he doesn’t want people ..... anything about his private life.

It was difficult ..... where the valuable pictures were hidden.

An astronomer in Arizona ..... the planet Pluto in 1930.

It took me some time but I ..... the real reason for his sudden disappearance.

I was sorry ..... that my favorite team had lost the game.

When it started to rain I suddenly ..... that I had left my umbrella at home.

Do you happen to know when the train from Moscow arrives? – No, but I ..... .

Scientists still argue whether it was Christopher Columbus who ..... the continent of North America.

Don't be so impatient. You ..... everything when the time comes.

The police ..... the criminal’s hiding place in a deserted storehouse.

When Simon ..... about the changes in the project, it was too late.

I would like ..... the results of the survey, if I may?

They have just ..... about his accident.

Three gunmen had escaped from prison, but their escape was not ..... until the next day.

We ..... that we know nothing about Tim or his background.

White men ..... a lot of things, including potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cocoa and vanilla from the Indians.

While typing a business letter Miss Smith, the secretary, ..... an error in it.

How did you ..... that I really didn’t take a bath, Mummy? – You forgot to wet the soap, dear.

Mandy’s body was ..... by her next door neighbor in the early hours of the morning.

I joined the Navy because I liked the way they keep the boats so nice and clean. But I didn’t ..... till this week who keeps them so nice and clean.

Do you happen to know what is happening outside? – No, but I can ..... .

Fisher remembered reading an article in a magazine about a perfect crime that ..... .

The police are still looking for the stolen jewelry; only one real clue ...... .

If this is true, though, why have none of the man’s remains .....?

Three thousand meters below the Gulf Stream another swift current ..... .

To my surprise I ..... that a great number of words in the dictionary have more than one meaning.

Excuse me, where can I ..... about the time the lecture starts? – Look at the time-table.

It is interesting ..... that the legend of Robin Hood is probably based on a real hero.

Through his own experience Paul ..... the truth of the old proverb "Hell is paved with good intentions".

Did you ..... who had taken your dictionary?

Steve didn’t know anything about his partner’s intentions; he ..... about them by chance.

I was surprised ..... that Mr. Nelson had told me a lie.

The book tells us what young naturalists can do ..... about animals and plants.

I can’t get in touch with John. Can you ..... where he is at present?

What I ..... about Marion’s doings gave me a profound shock.

Susan suddenly ..... that she had run out of money.

Did you ..... the truth by yourself or did anybody enlighten you?

However hard Julia tried, she could not ..... his whereabouts.