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Question 1

pejoratively

Answer 1

I come from a country where people are more likely to visit sangomas-shamans, traditional healers, pejorativey known as witch doctors- than they are to visit doctors of Western medicine.

a word or expression that is pejorative is used to show disapproval or to insult someone
For hard-line Republicans, the word ‘liberal’ had become a pejorative term.

Question 2

have a beef with

Answer 2

So if you had a beef with the guy who got killed, someone will accuse you of murder and the police will come knocking.
The idiom to have a beef means to have a complaint about something, to have a disagreement with someone, to be dissatisfied with something.

Question 3

docket

Answer 3

And you go to trial. The court is presided over by a judge. There is a docket. There is a prosecutor.
1 technical a short document giving details of goods that are delivered
2 American English law a list of legal cases that will be heard in a particular court
3 American English a list of things that are to be discussed or done SYN agenda
What’s on the docket for tomorrow’s meeting?

Question 4

preside

Answer 4

preside over something phrasal verb
1 to be in a position of authority at a time when important things are happening
The government seemed to be presiding over large-scale unemployment.
2 to be the head of a company or organization
Finch presided over the company for 30 years.
3 to be in charge of a meeting or activity
The chairman will preside over an audience of architects and developers.

Question 5

forensic

Answer 5

Your defense atterney has to prove lack of motives, go through the crime-scene forenics, present a staunch defense.
relating to the scientific methods used for finding out about a crime
forensic evidence/science/medicine etc
Forensic experts found traces of blood in the car.
a career in forensic science
a forensic pathologist

Question 6

staunch

Answer 6

giving strong loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc SYN steadfast
a staunch conservative
staunch supporter/ally/advocate
one of Bush’s staunchest supporters

Question 7

reckon

Answer 7

The only semi-regular male figure in my life was my grandfather, my mother’s father, who was a force to be reckoned with.
3 to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing
be reckoned to be something
The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers.
Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce.
be reckoned as something
An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.

Question 8

moderation

Answer 8

He was not a man of moderation at all.
1 → in moderation
2 formal control of your behaviour, so that you keep your actions, feelings, habits etc within reasonable limits
moderation in
Moderation in diet is the way to good health.
He encouraged moderation and toleration on religious issues.
3 formal reduction in force, degree, speed etc

Question 9

boisterous

Answer 9

He was boisterous and loud.

someone, especially a child, who is boisterous makes a lot of noise and has a lot of energy