The man said he would like to see a doctor because he felt terribly ill and run ________.

Here are the solutions to the questions: 48. The man said he would like to see a doctor because he felt terribly ill and run down. "Run down" is a phrasal verb meaning to be tired or in poor health. D. down 49. If the driver had not been observant, he would have run over the child. This is a third conditional sentence, used for hypothetical situations in the past. The structure is "If + past perfect, would have + past participle." C. would have 50. We will set out when the rain stops. In a sentence with a future main clause and a time clause (introduced by "when"), the time clause uses the simple present tense to refer to a future event. C. stops 51. It is high time you turned over a new leaf. The phrase "It is high time" is followed by the simple past tense to express that something should be done immediately or should have been done already. "Turn over a new leaf" is an idiom meaning to change one's behavior for the better. B. turned over 52. It was the chief you saw, wasn't it? This is a tag question. The main clause "It was the chief you saw" is positive and uses "was," so the tag question should be negative and use "wasn't" with the pronoun "it." A. wasn't it 53. Joseph was stung by a scorpion. In a passive voice sentence, the agent performing the action is introduced by "by." B. by 54. Ebrima was withdrawn from the private school because the fees were rather too high for his parents to pay. "Rather" is used here as an intensifier before "too high" to indicate an excessive degree. B. rather 55. The president, along with his entourage, is attending the conference today. When "along with" connects two subjects, the verb agrees with the first subject ("The president"), which is singular. A. is attending 56. Have you heard that Obi was seriously injured in a ghastly accident this afternoon? "Ghastly" means dreadful or horrible, fitting the context of a "seriously injured" person in an accident. D. ghastly 57. The doctor could find nothing wrong with neither of his ears, and was satisfied that his hearing was perfect. "Neither of" is used to indicate that not one of two things is true. Since his hearing was perfect, there was nothing wrong with either ear. A. neither of 58. Neither the parents nor their children bought a car. The correlative conjunction "neither... nor" is used to connect two negative elements. C. nor 59. By now you ought to have known the name of your teacher as he has told you time and again. "Time and again" is an idiom meaning repeatedly or often. A. and again 60. However much he tried, his boss never trusted him. "However" is used here to introduce a contrasting idea, meaning "no matter how much." B. However 61. You weren't in the office this morning, were you? This is a tag question. The main clause "You weren't in the office" is negative and uses "weren't," so the tag question should be positive and use "were" with the pronoun "you." B. were you 62. I had no option but to yield to his request. The phrase "no option but to" means there is no other choice than to do something. D. but to 63. The principal has gone to Freetown and will come back in two weeks' time. "In two weeks' time" is an idiom meaning "after a period of two weeks." The apostrophe indicates a possessive form for a duration. D. two weeks' That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.