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Opinion Holiday Hopeless Relax Attempt Effort Make Success

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Keyword effort
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence In my opinion, a holiday is a hopeless effort to relax.
Correct Sentence In my opinion, a holiday is a hopeless attempt to relax.
Cloze Error Sentence In my opinion, a holiday is a hopeless [[effort]] to relax.
Cloze Sentence In my opinion, a holiday is a hopeless [[attempt]] to relax.
Cloze Answer attempt
Choices attempt | effort
Explanation

When someone tries to do something, especially without being sure of success, they make an attempt to do it: 'Having failed to reach the summit last October, the climbers are now getting ready to make a second attempt.' 'All attempts to control inflation have failed.'

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