1.  She described the whole play to us ... detail.

2.  Both my sons are crazy ... old motorbikes.

3.  The restaurant prides itself ... having the best pizza in town.

4.  There are so ... lemons in the fridge that I can't make lemonade.

5.  ... Susan use to be slim when she was at university?

6.  Bob Dylan ... original name was Robert Zimmerman won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.

The Academy Awards, also (1) ... as the Oscars, are prizes given by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to people in the film business. Oscars are awarded to top professionals of all kinds, including directors, actors, writers and (2) ... designers. There is a special ceremony every year where the awards are presented. The Oscars are the oldest event of this kind. The very first one took (3) ... in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929. Although the Academy presents seven other types of award, the star of the show is the Academy Award of Merit. This famous gold statue usually goes by its nickname of Oscar, though how it got this name is not certain. According to one story, the Academy librarian, Margaret Herrick, said that it (4) ... her of her Uncle Oscar!

Travel agents, mobile phone stores and banks may soon completely (1) ... from the High Street as people (2) ... more and more goods online. (3) ... to a recent report, increasing numbers of shoppers are using the Internet for their holidays, books, mobile phones and banking. Efficient customer service and reasonable delivery charges mean that many people nowadays do much of their shopping from in front of their computer screens. However, it seems that customers still prefer to buy clothes and items such as shoes, bags and jewellery from high street stores and shopping centres, where they can look around and (4) ... things on before handing over their money.

George Gershwin, who was born in Brooklyn in 1898, was determined to (1) ... an impression as a serious composer, which he achieved in 1924. At its New York premiere, one of his most famous compositions, Rhapsody in Blue, received wild applause from an audience that (2) ... musical celebrities such as the Russian composers Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. Gershwin followed this success with innovative orchestral works such as An American in Paris and, in 1935, the memorable opera Porgy and Bess. No one has been able to match Gershwin’s ability to write original works that (3) ... the boundaries of jazz, opera and classical music and his (4) ... on modern music has been enormous. It is appropriate to add that he made the American composer a respectable (5) ... around the world, at a time when very little American music was being performed.

It is difficult to find a job in costume design but if you work hard and you are (1)  ... at it, you will do well. Costume designers research, design and prepare costumes, mainly for theatres but also for film and TV productions. To be a costume designer, you have to be interested in theatre, film and drama and have a knowledge of fashion and art. You will (2)  ... meetings with directors and managers to discuss the costumes and how much will be (3)  ... on them. You need to be able to draw and work hard because costumes are often produced in a very short time. There are (4)  ... ways of learning how to be a costume designer. Some people get a job with a company and learn while they are working. Others do a course at an art school.