He has just completed six months as the guest of The State and is now released.

Make a sentence with the following words to bring out the difference between them:

friend, colleague, ally, acquaintance, associate

Find appropriate homophones of the following. One is done for you:

throne -thrown

died, great, gate, bale, heard

Kindly address your remarks to the Chair.

Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude.

Screams of horror rent the very air.

to beat a retreat

to stick to one’s guns

to steal a march on

to bare the brunt of

to know which way the wind blows