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paired stories, second series
10: whistle blowers
a: Satyendra Dubey
vocabulary quiz
key to this exercise
"Satyendra Dubey"

INSTRUCTIONS: Put the correct number in the empty box beside each word.
alter

award

backward

bid

clerk

conscientious

contractor

corporation

disillusioned

forge

insist

mill

pressure

project

risk

sample

soil

submit

supervise

whistle

1 person who works at low-level desk job in business or government
2 place where something is ground into very small pieces
3 large business
4 watch lower-level workers to make sure they're doing a good job
5 planned activity with a definite purpose ("goal"); long, complicated "job"
6 businessman who agrees to do a job for a price, especially a building job
7 hard working, honest, following moral principles
8 demand something, ask again and again, "refuse to take 'no' for an answer"
9 having lost a belief or hope because of a bad experience
10 say how much money you would charge to do a job if you were given it
11 something you are given because you have done something good, (a prize)
12 sign someone else's name without permission (on a letter or a document)
13 change
14 earth, what plants grow in
15 a small piece of something used for testing etc.
16 piece of metal or wood with hole;makes sharp noise when you blow
17 being pushed or forced by something
18 chance of something bad happening
19 not modern, not technologically up-to-date
20 send or give by hand, officially, to government, boss, teacher etc.