Vocabulary test

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Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
  • obsolete
  • cutting edge
  • R&D
  • state-of-the-art
  • invent
  • patent
  • innovation
  • breakthrough
  • developing
  • design
  1. Did Bell  [invent] the telephone, or was it an Italian?
  2. If you don't get a  [patent] for that new design, one of the big firms will steal the idea and mass produce it.
  3. I want to have another look at the plans for the  [design] of the new space shuttle – I think I have some ideas that might help.
  4. Though  [innovation] in racket design and composition has changed the speed of professional tennis, the rules are much the same as they were fifty years ago.
  5. This firm spends over 300 million dollars a year on our  [R&D, research and development]department, but then again, we made over 500 million in profits, didn't we?
  6. This new  [breakthrough] in genetic technology will make it possible to prevent a variety of previously untreatable birth defects and diseases.
  7. Don't worry, Mrs. Jones, this hospital uses only  [state-of-the-art] equipment – everything is modern and as good as money can buy.
  8. We have been  [developing] this product for seven years, and we are finally ready to launch it on the market.
  9. In the Western world, the automobile has largely made the horse  [obsolete] as a mode of transportation.
  10. This is an absolutely  [cutting edge] procedure – no other heart surgeon in the world is performing anything like this at all.