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3.9	Word	Formation	. . . . . . . . . . .		REVISION
R~ad the text and use the word given at the end of the line to form				a word which		will fill
the blank.

A LENGTHY	WAIT

We spent a few (1)				days waiting until the
				finally came through. We were
(2)		of our holiday
					of what we had
			by	the efficiency
not exactly (3)		:
				travel company.
been told was	a (4)

ANXIETY CONFIRM IMPRESS REPUTATION

	My mother was most (5)	that 1 should phone her as			INSIST
					OPTIMISM
		Rather (6)	I had
	soon as we arrived in New York.
			be there by six	at the	DEFINE
	assured her that we would (7)
	latest.

	(8)		, when w~ all arrived at the	airport, we found
			had been delayed. When he heard this,
	that our (9)
				by lying on the
	John,	our youngest, showed his (10)
				with him after my
	floor	and sulking	. I soon lost (11)

altcillpts	to	bribe hinl with an	ice cream and	sweets proved	completely
(12)		.

FORTUNE FLY PLEASE PATIENT

SUCCEED

	We had no (13)				but to settle		down in a departure				CHOOSE
											NOISE
						children. You		can imagine	my
	lounge full of	(14)
								to board the plane.			RELIEVE
			when we were			finally called
	(15)
	(16)		, I thought that OLf troubles					would now be over.			NATURE
											REAL
									.
	I was wrong. John made it clear that it was (17)
	of us to expect him to walk. all				the way to the		boarding gate.
								We tfied			APPEAR
	AU his energy had mysteriously				(18)
	gentle persuasion,		sweets,	and more promises of ice cream, but they							USE
					I had to carry		him along the endless
	were all (19)
			h	:, •							STRONG
							was about to give			out,
	corridors and	just as my (20)
					of me. It was number 13!
	I saw the gate number in front

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