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1 Your company has had a long and fruitful ______ with mine.
assignment
assistance
association
assessment
assets

2 We had to choose from a motley ______ of candidates.
assignment
assistance
association
assortment
assets

3 She wants me to carry out a special ______ for her.
assignment
aspect
assertions
assessment
assets

4 I became involved in a heated ______ with him about this.
aptitude
arbitration
argument
attack
attention

5 I'm afraid to say I think your plan starts from an unfounded ______ .
assignment
assistance
association
assortment
assumption

6 I think we made a hasty ______ of this project and we need to carry out a fresh one.
article
aspect
assertions
assessment
arrival

7 Before we continue I need to ask for a categorical ______ that you will treat all information as confidential.
assurance
assistance
association
assortment
assumption

8 I'm fed up of him putting forward wild ______ with no basis in fact.
article
aspect
assertions
arrangement
arrival

9 I don't think we can reach agreement by ourselves. We need to submit this to ______.
aptitude
arbitration
attempts
attack
attention

10 It hasn't come yet but we are awaiting its imminent ______ .
aptitude
arbitration
argument
arrangement
arrival

11 You need to improve the hostile ______ in your office.
assurance
atmosphere
association
assortment
assumption

12 We both had our own ideas of what to do but we came to an amical ______ .
aptitude
arbitration
argument
arrangement
attention

13 We mustn't pass over the more worrying ______ of this scheme, the job losses.
article
aspect
argument
arrangement
arrival

14 His crude ______ to have me dismissed went badly wrong.
assurance
atmosphere
attempts
assortment
assumption

15 I'm pleased to say that you have shown a marked ______ for this type of work.
aptitude
atmosphere
attempts
attack
attention

16 He published a brilliant ______ on this subject.
article
arbitration
argument
arrangement
arrival

17 I'm worried about the Stock Market and I've decided to build up my liquid ______ .
article
aspect
assertions
assessment
assets

18 I got vital ______ from our Munich office.
assignment
assistance
assertions
assessment
assets

19 It was easy to shrug off such a crude personal ______ .
assurance
atmosphere
attempts
attack
assumption

20 As the meeting went on and on, most people's ______ wandered.
assurance
atmosphere
attempts
attack
attention



Strong Collocations