Trios 3

I used The Free Dictionary at thefreedictionary.com .

Ex. Fill in the gaps with one word. The same word in the same form is needed in each of the three sentences.

1. You've made some progress but there's still ___ for improvement.
My London flat was so small there was no ___ to swing a cat.
The computers are assembled in a clean ___.

2. Don't give me this ___ look. It's not my fault Jane didn't arrive.
I gave up my job at a corporation: it was stressful, the competition was ___ and the salary wasn't high anyway.
The neighbour's ___ dog once killed a wild pigeon. [not: angry, bad]

3. Octopodes do not have an ___ shell.
The castle had an inner wall and an ___ wall.
Johnnie watched an old science fiction movie about evil robots from ___ space.

4. I don't have time for this, I have bigger ___ to fry.
Oliver drinks like a ___. Last night he was so drunk we had to call a taxi to take him home.
On my first day in the new department I felt like a ___ out of water.

5. Their Tinder date was a disaster: he kept telling rude jokes and she decided to ___ on him earlier and go home.
If you ___ someone out from gaol (jail), you pay to get them released earlier.
You have to ___ out the boat or it will sink.

6. If I buy ten lottery tickets, perhaps I'll strike it ___ this time.
Don't worry about failing the second driving test. Third time ___.
Grandma thanks her ___ stars that all her grandchildren went to university and found good jobs.

7. I hate conflicts and I never enter the ___.
My cheap jacket began to ___ around the edges after a month.
Tempers will ___ if aunt and uncle start discussing abortion laws again.

8. The passenger was caught with a ___ of drugs under his clothes.

Don't try to repair your laptop on your own or you'll ___ it and maybe start a fire too.

If he thinks he'll make tons of money by importing cheap Chinese games consoles, he's one ___ short of a load. 


KEY
1. room, 2. fierce, 3. outer, 4. fish, 5. bail, 6. lucky, 7.fray, 8. brick