Complete the puzzle and find the hidden word.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 468.

Out of the options given below choose the one which is closest in meaning to the word or phrase in bold type.

a) … who always felt sympathy for the unhappy mothers.

- feeling of liking

- pity and understanding

- love

b) My little friend made a comfortinggesture.

- pleasant

- encouraging

- nice and cosy

c) Pretty goings-on!

- very strange events

- very interesting things

- very unsuitable activities

d) Mr. Waverly's red face was quite two shades redder as he remembered his just anger.

- morally correct, fair

- exact

- recent

e) Nobody goes about kidnapping children and holding them up to ransom.

- starts

- moves round

- does, performs

f) Someone must have tampered withit.

- must have touched it

- must have wound it up

- must have destroyed it

g) There is always a catch somewhere.

- a trap, a trick

- a problem

- a lock

h) All his questions seemed to be quite beside the point.

- to be exactly what was needed

- to touch partially on the discussed problem

- to have nothing to do with the discussed problem

i) This time they were more impressed.

- astonished

- troubled

- influenced

j) In the meantime, there'd be only people I could trust in the house.

- at the same time

- in the time between (the events)

- at midday

Across

1.of the colour of fresh blood, rubies, maple leaves in autumn

2.being in some other place when a crime was committed

3.a thing done; an act; activity

4.a woman or a young girl whose work is to look after young children

5.the official organization or body of men who are responsible for keeping public order, finding out about and solving crime

6.to tell about particular facts; to give information