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Question 1

communal

Answer 1

There was no indoor running water, just one communal outdoor tap and one outdoor toilet shared by six or seven houses.
1 shared by a group of people or animals, especially a group who live together
a communal bathroom
2 involving people from many different races, religions, or language groups
the worst communal violence in two years
3 relating or belonging to all the people living in a particular community
crops grown on communal land

Question 2

dread

Answer 2

I was dreading going outside to use the toilet, getting drenched running out there, water dripping on me from the leaky ceiling, wet newspaper, the flies attacking me from the below.

[transitive] to feel anxious or worried about something that is going to happen or may happen
I’ve got an interview tomorrow and I’m dreading it.
dread doing something
I’m dreading going back to work.
dread somebody doing something
Tim dreaded his parents finding out.
dread (that)
I’m dreading that I’ll be asked to make a speech.
dread the thought/prospect of (doing) something
He dreaded the prospect of being all alone in that house.
I dread to think what will happen if they get elected (=I think it will be very bad).

Question 3

drench

Answer 3

to make something or someone extremely wet

Question 4

sonar

Answer 4

it was like a game, like I was trying to hide and a blind woman was trying to find me using sonar.
equipment on a ship or submarine that uses sound waves to find out the position of objects under the water

Question 5

gingerly

Answer 5

if you move gingerly, or touch something gingerly, you do it in a slow careful way, because you are afraid it will be dangerous or painful SYN carefully
He gingerly felt his way along the dark tunnel.

Question 6

keen

Answer 6

3 HOBBY/INTEREST especially British English someone who is keen on something is very interested in it or enjoys doing it very much
a keen photographer
keen golfers
keen on
Daniel’s very keen on tennis.
mad keen on something (=very keen on something) spoken
I was mad keen on dinosaurs when I was little.
She takes a keen interest in politics and current affairs.

Question 7

talisman

Answer 7

If someone has put a curse on you or your home, there is alwaysthe talisman or totem, a tuft of hair or the head of a cat…
an object that is believed to have magic powers to protect the person who owns it

Question 8

totem

Answer 8

an animal, plant etc that is thought to have a special spiritual connection with a particular tribe, especially in North America, or a figure made to look like the animal etc

Question 9

tuft

Answer 9

a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base
tuft of
tufts of grass

Question 10

all hands on deck

Answer 10

It was all hands on deck, time for action.
(also all hands to the pumps British English) informal used to say that everyone is needed to help in a particular situation
With only half an hour to get everything ready, it was all hands on deck.