CAE week 6

Question 1

inadvertently

Answer 1

accidently

Question 2

insipid

Answer 2

without much taste

Question 3

nondescript

Answer 3

very ordinary

Question 4

nonchalant

Answer 4

casually calm and relaxed

Question 5

disgruntled

Answer 5

annoyed or disappointed because you were treated unfairly

Question 6

unassuming

Answer 6

showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment

Question 7

continual vs. continuous

Answer 7

continual: sth keeps happening again and again
continuous: 1 long time

Question 8

during

Answer 8

+ noun phrase (event)

Question 9

imaginary vs imaginative

Answer 9

imaginary: not real
imaginative: einfallsreich

Question 10

permit vs. permission

Answer 10

permit: physical document that allows you to do sth
permission: abstract concept

Question 11

sew vs. sow

Answer 11

sew: nähen
sow: säen

Question 12

stationary vs stationery

Answer 12

stationary: not moving
stationery: office supplies

Question 13

briefly vs shortly

Answer 13

briefly: an overview of sth
shortly: to be somewhere shortly (soon)

Question 14

misgivings

Answer 14

feeling of doubt or uncertainty about what might happen

Question 15

misprint

Answer 15

an error in print

Question 16

mistrustful

Answer 16

not to have trust in sb.

to be mistrustful of sb

Question 17

misanthrope

Answer 17

avoid/dislike people

Question 18

to be anal about sth

Answer 18

very picky/ perfectionist

Question 19

remain

Answer 19

remains (n) always S!

Question 20

fit

Answer 20

unfit for sth.

Question 21

analyse

Answer 21

analysis
analyst
analytical

Question 22

to come to light

Answer 22

ans licht kommen

Question 23

to come away feeling + adj

Answer 23

-

Question 24

commensurate with sth

Answer 24

proportionate

Question 25

obsolete

Answer 25

no longer produced or used ->machines

Question 26

to have some lay-offs

Answer 26

kündigungen

Question 27

there is no …

Answer 27

point in doing sth
reason to do sth
use doing sth

Question 28

it is not …. doing

Answer 28

worth

Question 29

to desist from

Answer 29

legal way of saying ‘stop doing’

Question 30

persist …

Answer 30

in doing sth

-> continue in an opinion or course of action despite difficulties

Question 31

to have a …. for figures
an eye for ….
a nose for …

Answer 31

head
detail
bargains

Question 32

to have an understanding …

Answer 32

of sth

Question 33

to be criticised…. doing sth

Answer 33

for

Question 34

to be told-off … doing sth

Answer 34

for

Question 35

to be accused … doing sth

Answer 35

of

Question 36

to be charged … murder

Answer 36

with

Question 37

to commission sb. to do sth

Answer 37

to pay sb to produce sth

Question 38

to … money …. sth

Answer 38

plough . into

Question 39

to … the benefits

Answer 39

reap

(receive) INF.

Question 40

to object … doing sth

Answer 40

to

express disapprovement

Question 41

to disapprove … sb …. sth

Answer 41

of . doing

Question 42

to do sth with a view to … sth

Answer 42

doing

Question 43

to go … strike

Answer 43

on

Question 44

to keep … …. sb

Answer 44

in with

stay friendly

Question 45

walk-out

Answer 45

a sudden angry departure

Question 46

a prospect … doing sth

Answer 46

of

Question 47

output

Answer 47

what is produced

Question 48

subsidy

subsidise

Answer 48

amount provided or saved

support an organisation or activity financially

Question 49

to resign … a job

Answer 49

from
(voluntarily leave a job)
resignation

Question 50

put time and effort … sth

Answer 50

into

Question 51

to keep sth in check

Answer 51

under control

Question 52

ramifications

Answer 52

consequences

Question 53

persevere with sth

Answer 53

persist in doing sth even with difficulties

perseverance

Question 54

attainment

Answer 54

achievement

Question 55

insight

Answer 55

understanding

Question 56

to be entrenched

Answer 56

firmly rooted

trench

Question 57

to squander

Answer 57

spend monez recklessly