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sadness 42. The section on Australian competition takes up roughly a third of the total report. a) approximately b) hardly c) barely d) actually 43. Setting up a website that satisfies the higher expectations of the online consumer can sometimes be tricky. a) fun b) complicated c) magic d) crafty 44. Our sales representatives should insist on our customers paying their outstanding bills. a) exceptional b) huge c) overdue d) remaining 45. Overall, it’s been a very successful year, particularly for

rétives. La vie était un jeu. Les élèves le surnommaient Ritchie’D. En tout cas, c’est ce qu’il désirait qu’on sût ou qu’on crût. Ancien élève dans les années 2000, le jeune écrivain Thomas Gayet assure, railleur, que son surnom était en réalité Tricky Dick comme Nixon ; s’il l’avait appris, il en aurait été ravi, l’essentiel étant que son patronyme fût américanisé. Lorsque Richard Descoings arriva à la tête de Sciences Po en 1996, l’école était encore – en dépit des efforts de son prédécesseur

Congressman Crane and Chairman Norton are supposed to be in a position of power, because they called Eitel to question him. However, we gradually realize that he gets the upper hand by resorting to wit and humour. He also skillfully avoids answering the tricky questions the two other men ask him. Therefore, we can conclude he is far more powerful than the two investigators. 12 6 • U N IT 6 4. Write a report House Committee Investigating Un-American Activity in Hollywood Official Report, February 1953

one was smaller than the wooden one, he tied them tightly, crisscross, with a thread, after which he wrapped them neatly and elegantly in clean, white paper, tied round with a thin ribbon, also crosswise, and with a little knot that would be rather tricky to untie. This was to distract the old woman's attention for a while, as she began fumbling with the knot, and thereby catch the right moment. And the iron strip was added for weight, so that at least for the first moment the old woman would not guess