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Traditionally the British like to live independently in their own houses. No wonder their favourite saying is “My home is my ___”.

Train arrivals may also be announced on a ___.

Travelling by train you can___

Under the government’s wartime ___ rules, al newspapers articles had to be checked by officials before being printed.

Universities accept students mainly on the basis of their ___, although they may interview them as well.

University students in the USA get a(an) ___ degree in the arts or sciences.

Wales has its own flag called the ___.

We are in ___ a spell of good weather.

We beat the ___ out of the carpets, vacuum the floors and polish them.

We stood at the side of the road, trying to ___ passing motorists. They didn’t stop.

Wednesday is the ___ day of the week.

Welshmen living in England are often called by the nickname ‘___’. This may come from the River Taff, which runs through the capital Cardiff, or may come from Dafydd, the Welsh form of David.

What continents do the five colours of the interlinked Olympic rings represent?

What makes American education at the secondary level so different from most other countries is that all such programmes, whether academic, technical, or practical, are generally taught under one ___.

When a musician improvises, he

When Jane broke her leg, she had to go around on ___for several weeks afterwards.

When you come to the harbour you can see

Whenever you strike up a conversation in England you inevitably get around to two subjects – the ___ and ___, which are as much part on English life as roast beef and the Houses of Parliament.

While the yacht sailed on, I went to my ___ and changed my clothes.

You can purchase tickets to Broadway shows ___ the Internet.

You may have broken one of your ribs. I think we'd better take an___, just to make sure.

You may think that there are crocodiles in the British Isles if you read that ‘... a traditional jazz band led the three-mile crocodile in a musical protest to 10 Downing Street’. But it is not a real crocodile. It is what the English usually say about schoolchildren ___

You'd better put some ___on that cut, just to be safe.

You’ll need to take your ___ to the chemist’s, Mrs Hall.

___ from time to time demonstrate majority support for the institution of monarchy as against a republican alternative.

___ is the most famous and distinctive bridge in London with two Gothic towers that rise from the riverbed.

___ in New York City relied heavily on revivals, long-running shows, and stage spectaculars in addition to new plays.

___ refers to the plays, musicals, and special attractions presented in any of 39 designated playhouses in Manhattan's Theatre District.

___, a familiar sight in London, were introduced in I960 to control parking. They wear navy-blue uniforms and a peaked cap with yellow bands.

___ Britain’s monarchy is the oldest, dating back to the 9th century.

___ is a game in which feathered arrows are thrown at a board divided into sections with numbers on them. The aim is to score a particular number of points, usually 301 or 501.

___ like to operate in crowds so keep your property safe by following some simple guides.

___ to the Throne in the United Kingdom is still hereditary.

___ was the first man to bring the Italian Renaissance style to Great Britain.

___ year in Britain’s universities is divided into three terms.

___ is travelling by getting free rides in passing automobiles and walking between rides.

___ Mr Fry was nearly seventy-five, he could still beat me at tennis.

___ of Waxworks in Marylebone Road is one of London’s great attractions. There you will see kings and queens, statesmen and writers, actors and musicians, artists and sportsmen, scientists, astronauts, world leaders and so on and so forth.

___ the whole, the public school boys are sons of people who have a substantial social position, very good homes and the benefits of prosperity.

___of the new Sovereign follows the accession after a convenient interval.

___ are the most prominent produce of Britain’s kitchen. Some of them have beef fat as a base and are boiled or steamed others use pastry.

___ courses lead in most cases to Bachelor’s degree in Arts or Science.

___ do not pass their title when they die.

___ in America award master’s and doctor’s degrees in both the arts and sciences.

___ in the form of a gathering of bards had occasionally been held in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Now it is a festival of Welsh culture. It includes competitions in prose, poetry and singing.

___ is played with an oval-shaped ball on a field like a football pitch, but the two goals have no nets and their posts are quite high – in the shape of the letter H.

___ is rather rare in Britain and the USA but it is the correct thing to do on the Continent.

___ is the national bird of the UK.

___ is the smallest component of the United Kingdom.

___ invented new ways of using traditional English building materials, brick and ordinary roofing tiles, to keep within the limits of classical design.