Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Their conversation lagged, so he racked his brain trying to figure out something to talk about that would fill the ......... air.
A -
damp
B -
dead
C -
dumb
D -
dull
2-
She couldn't believe that he was bringing up last month's finances again. She thought that they had worked it out and that the issue was dead and ......... .
A -
buried
B -
over
C -
mouldy
D -
done
3-
The project ran into a lot of problems at at the design stage, and then its budget was cut way back. Now it's as dead as a ......... .
A -
donut
B -
dumbbell
C -
dodo
D -
door
4-
He tried each of his flashlights and none worked. Their batteries were as dead as a ......... .
A -
doorsill
B -
doornail
C -
doormat
D -
doorbell
5-
It was a very exciting game. The Superbowl was in the fourth quarter and both teams were dead......... .
A -
even
B -
meat
C -
heat
D -
gone
6-
I don't know why Jay doesn't fire Ted. That guy is dead from the ......... up. He can't even get the simplest tasks done.
A -
ground
B -
pick
C -
brain
D -
neck
7-
He couldn't decide who deserved the Employee-of-the-Month award more. The two front runners finished the month off in a dead ......... . Their stats were exactly the same.
A -
heat
B -
line
C -
test
D -
wire
8-
"I don't think I should go out drinking with you guys during the week anymore. It's only 11 a.m., and I'm already dead in the ......... ," Maxine told her friends.
A -
saddle
B -
bucket
C -
water
D -
pot
9-
"I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level ......... to get it to you on time," Jay said.
A -
deal
B -
best
C -
effort
D -
crunch
10-
"Did you hear that Tim got caught falsifying documents to save time? The boss is going to flip out. Tim is a dead man ......... for sure," Christie said to George.