English is good at taking words from other languages and using them when there is no word in English to do the job. Linguists call these words "borrowed" words. (But this does not mean that we intend to give them back! ) Below are some words from other countries. Try to guess where the word came from, and what it means.
His fortunes reached their [.....] when the stock market crashed and he lost all his money.
My father-in-law and I are [.....] - my mother-in-law and I are not.
I think I will have a quick [.....] before I go back to work.
The soldiers wore [.....] uniforms.
The media [.....] Robert Murdump has just bought another company.
Ok, [.....]! I forgot to buy any milk.
Let's have a [.....] and see if we can sort this out.
As a teenager, his love affairs brought him both [.....] and ecstasy.
