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UFGD 2011 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Adjetivos | Adjectives, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Which is the best option to replace the adjective „akin to‟ in the article?

Read the New York Times article and answer question.

Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: October 13, 2011

     People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses. 
     Through claims and court cases, those with severe cases of anorexia or bulimia are fighting insurers to pay for stays in residential treatment centers, arguing that the centers offer around-the-clock monitoring so that patients do not forgo eating or purge their meals.
     But in the last few years, some insurance companies have re-emphasized that they do not cover residential treatment for eating disorders or other mental or emotional conditions. The insurers consider residential treatments not only costly — sometimes reaching more than $1,000 a day — but unproven and more akin to education than to medicine. Even some doctors who treat eating disorders concede there are few studies proving that residential care is effective, although they believe it has value. 

(Disponível em: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/ruling-offers-hope-to-eating-disorder-sufferers.html?hp>. Acesso em: 5 out. 2011).
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closely different from.
B
deep and far away.
C
controversial to.
D
closely similar to.
E
problematic.
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UFPEL 2019 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Qual das expressões abaixo pode substituir a conjunção ALTHOUGH (linha 17), sem prejuízo para o significado da frase?

Leia o texto abaixo e responda à questão.

Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48277942
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Despite that.
B
Moreover.
C
But.
D
Therefore.
E
Thus.
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Inatel 2019 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

“We showed for the first time that it’s possible to do all this computation and sensing using insects in lieu of drones.” (Context Word Meaning)

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Instead;
B
Although;
C
For instance;
D
However;
E
Similar.
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Inatel 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms

[…]”requires only a tiny battery” […] (Synonym)

A
Huge;
B
Enormous;
C
Cheap;
D
Very small;
E
Large.
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Inatel 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms



“Dear Great Pumpkin, I am looking forward to your arrival on that Halloween night.” (Synonym)

A
To be interested;
B
To be unhappy;
C
To be anxious;
D
To be unmotivated;
E
To be sad.
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ULBRA 2011 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The word “since” in the statement: “Since there is no burning process in a wind powered generator that produces toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas” may be substituted, with the same meaning as the original sentence, for:

    As we all know, electricity is a fundamental need. On a daily basis, we consume electricity even without us knowing it. Just a simple task such as listening to your music player consumes electricity. Today, most of our electric generators and power plants are fed with fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. However, due to the exponential increase of power demand, fossil fuel supplies are slowly being depleted. Not only that, but also burning fossil fuels has given off greenhouse gases and other unwanted byproducts. Because of this, the search for alternative energy sources is now a necessity. One of the most promising alternative energy sources today is Wind Powered Generators. So, what is a wind-powered generator? Basically it is the use of wind as a mechanical force needed to power an electric generator. Utilizing wind as an energy source is not exactly a new idea. The ancient Persians were the first to use wind to pump water, cut wood, and grind food and others by building windmills. Even today you can find windmills still being used on some farms. It was the use of wind as an electric source that came into existence much later. The first practical wind powered generators were built in 1970, but yet we rarely see them in widespread use today, why? Let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of the wind powered generator.
    The main advantage of wind powered generators is that they have, ideally, zero gas emissions – unlike fossil-fueled power generators. Because of the alarming effects of greenhouse gases and global warming, we want our power generators to be as clean and as environmentally friendly as possible. Since there is no burning process in a wind powered generator that produces toxic gases, it is very safe to build one in residential areas. Also, with proper engineering and enough wind, these generators can provide a high rate of wattage that can go as high as the Megawatt range. Another advantage is that it can be implemented using several small turbines connected together. This is a good thing when there is not enough space for huge structures.
     The major disadvantage of wind powered generators is that wind power varies greatly from one place to another and from day to day and season to season. Sometimes wind may be strong enough to supply energy, but that strength cannot be maintained due to changes in weather patterns. Needing strong, constant wind to most effectively power wind generators is one reason they are often built in coastal areas. Another disadvantage is that the structure of most practical wind powered generators is huge and bulky. Commonly, its size is proportional to the wind power it can collect.
    Research in wind power has now intensified because of its innate advantages over other power generators. With this increase in interest in wind energy and alternative energy sources as a whole, our future will become brighter and more and more remote areas will eventually enjoy the benefits of clean electric energy. In an electricity-dependent world, power supplies must provide the required electricity for communities and businesses. Wind powered generators might just be the solution for power shortages.

Disponível em: http://mysolarcellhome.org/articles/pros-and-cons-of-wind-powered-generators. 
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As long.
B
Considering that.
C
Although.
D
Until.
E
Despite.
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UEFS 2010 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms

In the fragment “rather than simply crossing the Equator” (l. 18-19), the expression in bold is synonymous with


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besides.
B
so that.
C
in order to.
D
instead of.
E
so as to.
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UEFS 2010 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

The word or expression from the text can be grammatically and semantically replaced by the one on the right in


A
“are used to” (l. 13) — usually
B
“realize” (l. 17) — perform.
C
“Thus” (l. 21) — Therefore.
D
"Despite” (l. 27) — Although.
E
“must” (l. 28) — might.
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IF-BA 2014 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Verbos modais | Modal verbs, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Consider the statements given and mark the correct option, according to their grammar features:


I. In the sentence “President Lula took part in a ceremony that focused firmly on the future” the relative pronoun that can be replaced by which without changing the meaning of the sentence.

II. In the sentence “We have a chip, we have a level that can be used on frontier control, we can guarantee citizenship, and it can guarantee transactions in the virtual world” the modal verb can indicates an ability.

III. The word currently in the sentence “Currently, Brazilians have to deal with a confusing array of identity numbers” can be substituted by the word nowadays without changing the meaning of the sentence.


A
Only I and II are true.
B
Only II and III are true.
C
Only I and III are true.
D
Only I is true.
E
Only II is true.
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IF-BA 2014 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In the text, the verb mirrored (line 02) can be substituted by the verb:


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Reflected
B
Speculated
C
Considered
D
Thought
E
Adjusted
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IF-BA 2014 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms

Relate the words from the text with their synonyms that can be used in the same context and mark the correct order:

(A)ubiquitous

(B)wealth

(C)desire

(D)support

(E)barrier


( ) abundance

( ) obstacle

( ) help

( ) wish

( ) omnipresent


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D, C, E, B, A
B
B, E, A, D, C
C
B, E, C, D, A
D
D, B, C, A, E
E
B, E, D, C, A
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FAG 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Choose the correct option about some features of the texts 2a and 2b above:

Text 2


Text 2a. Second Language Learning


    One of the principles of all learning is that we make sense of new information and ideas by relating them to our previous knowledge. There are two main kinds of previous language knowledge which second language learners can use in order to make sense of the new language they encounter: the first is their knowledge of their mother tongue and the second is the knowledge they already possess about the second language itself.
LITTLEWOOD, W. Second Language Learning. In DAVIES, A. e ELDER, C. The Handbook of Applied Linguistics, pp.504/5, Blackwell Publishing, 2010.

Text 2b. National Curriculum Parameters


    Every text is organized within a specific genre according to its communicative purposes, as part of the conditions of discourse production, which generate social uses that determine any and every text. Genres are, therefore, historically determined, and constitute relatively stable forms of utterances available in a culture. (National Curriculum Parameters, Brasil, 1988, p.21) (adaptado) Answer the two questions below considering also texts "Second Language Learning" and "National Curriculum Parameters", above.
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In Text "National Curriculum Parameters", the discourse marker "therefore" may be replaced by "nevertheless", without prejudice to the coherence of the text.
B
In Text "Second Language Learning", the pronoun "them" refers to "principles".
C
In Text "National Curriculum Parameters", the pronoun "which" refers to "Every text".
D
In Text "Second Language Learning", the verb "can" may be replaced by "should", without prejudice to the meaning of the sentence.
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In Text "Second Language Learning", the use of pronouns related to the second person plural establishes some proximity between the writer and the reader.
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Inatel 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

“The image matches what theoretical physicists and indeed, Hollywood directors, imagined black holes would look like, according to Dr.Ziri Younsi” […] (Verb Synonym)

First ever black hole image released.

Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. It measures 40 billion km across - three million times the size of the Earth - and has been described by scientists as "a monster".

The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across the world It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight linked telescopes. 

Prof Heino Falcke, of Radboud University in the Netherlands, who proposed the experiment, told BBC News that the black hole was found in a galaxy called M87.

"What we see is larger than the size of our entire Solar System," he said.

"It has a mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. And it is one of the heaviest black holes that we think exists. It is an absolute monster, the heavyweight champion of black holes in the Universe."

The image shows an intensely bright "ring of fire", as Prof Falcke describes it, surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole. The bright halo is caused by superheated gas falling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy combined - which is why it can be seen at such distance from Earth.

The edge of the dark circle at the centre is the point at which the gas enters the black hole, which is an object that has such a large gravitational pull, not even light can escape.

The image matches what theoretical physicists and indeed, Hollywood directors, imagined black holes would look like, according to Dr Ziri Younsi, of University College London - who is part of the EHT collaboration.

"Although they are relatively simple objects, black holes raise some of the most complex questions about the nature of space and time, and ultimately of our existence," he said.

"It is remarkable that the image we observe is so similar to that which we obtain from our theoretical calculations. So far, it looks like Einstein is correct once again."

But having the first image will enable researchers to learn more about these mysterious objects. They will be keen to look out for ways in which the black hole departs from what's expected in physics. No-one really knows how the bright ring around the hole is created. Even more intriguing is the question of what happens when an object falls into a black hole.

Source: www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592
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Would desire;
B
Would wish;
C
Would enjoy;
D
Would wait;
E
Would seem.
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Inatel 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms

“The scale of devastation is enormous. (Synonym)

Mozambique Cyclone: “Almost everything is destroyed.”



People carry their personal effects through a flooded section of Praia Nova in Beira after the cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Idai destroyed and damaged homes and knocked out electricity and communications.


Cyclone Idai hit the city of Beira hard and the scale of damage is massive, say Red Cross and Red Crescent aid workers who reached the Mozambican city a few days ago. The scale of devastation is enormous. It seems that 90 per cent of the area is completely destroyed.”

The Red Cross and Red Crescent team was among the first to arrive in Beira since Cyclone Idai made landfall March 14-15. With Beira’s airport closed and roads cut off due to flooding, the team drove from Maputo, the capital city, before taking a helicopter for the last leg of the journey. “Almost everything is destroyed. Communication lines have been completely cut and roads have

been destroyed. Some affected communities are not accessible,” said LeSueur. “Beira has been severely battered. But we are also hearing that the situation outside the city could be even worse. Yesterday, a large dam burst and cut off the last road to the city.”

While the physical impact of Idai is beginning to emerge, the human impact is still unclear. Authorities in the country are warning that the death toll may climb beyond 1,000 people.

Heavy rain will continue in the coming days which may only exacerbate the dire situation and cause already saturated rivers to overflow.

Following its landfall in Mozambique, the cyclone continued west to Zimbabwe as a tropical storm, wreaking havoc in the eastern part of the country, with Manicaland Province being the hardest-hit. At least 31 deaths have been reported and over 100 people are missing in Zimbabwe.

Source: www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and -events/news/2019/mozambique-cyclone.html 

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Small;
B
Catastrophic;
C
Unbelievable;
D
Huge;
E
Inconsiderable.
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CÁSPER LÍBERO 2009 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Choose the alternative that best explains the meaning of the following words from the text above: chaired, charges, guild, mogul, currency.

Read the article below and answer question.


The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh


“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists. The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month. ‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende, a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile. Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking office. • President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15, September/October 2007.
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presided, formal assertions of illegality, association, magnate, medium of exchange.
B
undertook, taking positions of responsibility, corruption, mason, currentness.
C
ruled, requiring payment, leadership, religious man, up-to-dateness.
D
seated, formal responsibilities, programming, giant, prevalence.
E
sat, obligations, body, muslim, actuality.
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FAG 2015 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Verbos modais | Modal verbs, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In the fragment from the text – The reader must know the meanings of enough of the words… – the modal verb must could be correctly replaced, keeping the same meaning, by:

Text 1


Of prime importance in reading is vocabulary skill. The reader must know the meanings of enough of the words in a sentence for it to make sense and also know how to combine individual word meanings within a sentence. Once the student is past the initial stages of reading, he spends a large percentage of his time encountering new vocabulary, which can be approached in a number of ways. The teacher can give the meaning for each new word, as is common in teaching reading to non-native students.
Or, also common, the student may spend hours with a dictionary writing native-language glosses into his text. For the native speaker of English, the most common form of vocabulary building is guessing from context and/or word formations.
In many settings in which English is taught as a foreign language (EFL) there are high degrees of emphasis on rote memorization. Because vocabulary development skills are seldom specifically taught, the student is not aware of the skills or their benefits. Most students have been trained to panic. Their first
reaction on encountering a new word in a text is to stop and ask for a definition, even if the rest of the sentence defines it. The student of English as a foreign language cannot begin to read with full comprehension until he has been taught to conquer the unknown word by using contextual aids, that is, the formation of the word itself and the environment in which it is found.
(Adapted from Vocabulary in Context, by Anna Fisher Kruse, in Long, Michael H. and Richards, Jack (eds.), Methodology in TESOL – A Book of Readings. New York: Newbury House, 1987)
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might.
B
may.
C
would
D
will not.
E
has to.
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CESMAC 2018 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms

In the sentence "...the lonely participants were 10 percent more likely to have poor sleep quality than subjects who did not report loneliness..." a synonym for likely is

Read the text below and answer the following question based on it.


Loneliness may harm sleep quality for young adults

Researchers from King's College London have found that young adults who reported feeling lonely were more likely to experience poor sleep quality, daytime tiredness, and poor concentration than their non-lonely counterparts.
Although loneliness is often perceived as a problem that primarily affects older adults, recent research has suggested that this is not the case.
However, according to the researchers of the new study, less is known about how loneliness affects the health of young adults - in particular, how it impacts sleep quality.
"In the present study, we tested associations between loneliness and sleep quality in a nationally representative sample of young adults," say Prof. Louise Arseneault, of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's, and colleagues.
The researchers analyzed the data of 2,232 young adults aged 18 to 19 years. They asked the participants four questions to measure their feelings of loneliness, including, "How often do you feel that you lack companionship?" and "How often do you feel alone?"
Additionally, the researchers gathered information on the participants' sleep quality over the past month, including sleep duration, sleep disturbances, and how long it takes them to fall asleep.
The analysis revealed that the lonely participants were 10 percent more likely to have poor sleep quality than subjects who did not report loneliness, and they were 24 percent more likely to experience daytime tiredness and problems with concentration.
These findings remained after accounting for a number of possible confounding factors, including symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders.
Although the study was not designed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the link between loneliness and poor sleep quality, the researchers have some theories.
For example, they point to previous studies that have identified a link between loneliness and an increase in the "stress hormone" cortisol, which could lead to sleep disruption.
Adaptado de: < https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317563.php?sr> Acessado em 02 de abril de 2018. 
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unreasonable
B
enjoyable
C
impossible
D
implausible
E
probable
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UEM 2013 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Concerning the linguistic aspects in text, it is correct to affirm that

the word “interests” (line 16) could be replaced by the word “investments” without changing the meaning.

TEXT
THE ANT AND THE CRICKET



(Disponível em <http://www.lefavole.org/en/cicala formica.htm>. Acesso em 22/05/2013.)
C
Certo
E
Errado
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UNIR 2008 - Inglês - Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

A respeito dos recursos expressivos utilizados no texto, analise as afirmativas.


I - O conector whether é usado para enfatizar a idéia de condição.

II - O termo look expressa idéia de aparência.

III - A expressão as well confirma o sentido da oração anterior.

IV - A palavra Which pode ser substituída por That sem mudança de sentido.


Estão corretas as afirmativas


(Goodhouse Keeping 2007 – October)

A
II, III e IV, apenas.
B
II e III, apenas.
C
III e IV, apenas.
D
I, II e IV, apenas.
E
I, II, III e IV.
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UNIR 2008 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Em relação ao sentido de expressões no texto, assinale a afirmativa correta.

Strategic Spending on Organic Foods


Sweet bell peppers are among the vegetables high in pesticides. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)



(Extraído de http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/strategic-spending-on-organic-foods. Acesso em 14/09/2008.)
A
makes a difference (linha 4) significa tornar-se diferente.
B
Em dozens of fruits and vegetables (linha 8), a expressão sublinhada pode, sem prejuízo de sentido, ser substituída por lots of.
C
it makes sense (linha 6) significa tem o sentido de.
D
A expressão good enough (linhas 6 e 7) pode ser substituída, sem prejuízo de sentido, por very good.
E
pick them up (linha 11) tem o significado de fatiar os alimentos orgânicos.