Test (Intermediate-level English students)

Match the adjectives in the box with their opposites. Then complete the sentences A) =>D) with one of the adjectives of the first part of the test.
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“It’s a piece of cake” – English Idiom

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Example sentences from the web:

  • I thought it was gonna be a piece of cake coming back here, but this is hard.
  • It should not be too painful for the Member States to meet each other half way under these circumstances; on the contrary it should be a piece of cake.
  • Climbing that mountain was a piece of cake.
  • With your experience, it should be a piece of cake.

“To hamper” – What does it mean?

To_hamperOther examples from the web:

  • Fog hampered the rescue effort.
  • The dancers’ movements were hampered by their elaborate costumes.
  • Unlike Mrs Andreasen, I do not think that this transparency will hamper the finance industry’s competitiveness.
  • There are really too many obstacles hampering citizens wishing to study, work or go and shop in another Member State.

Words from the example sentences you may not know:

RESCUEthe act of rescuing; to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
ELABORATE = made or done with great care or with much detail.