What Captures People’s Attention

Question 1

The fact of the matter

Answer 1

phrase

Used to emphasize a statement that follows

_{He is not a bad president, but the fact of the matter is that I can’t agree with his policies.}

Question 2

Cutthroat

Answer 2

adjective

Intense and unfair competition

_{Welcome to the cutthroat world of journalism.}

_{Being a stock broker is a cutthroat job.}

Question 3

Swarm

Answer 3

verb

Move in large numbers

_{Many people swarm through Shibuya station every day.}

_{Reporters were swarming around the celebrity.}

Question 4

Dart around

Answer 4

verb

To move around quickly

_{Her eyes darted around the room.}

_{He darted around the station looking for his wife.}

Question 5

Take a stab at …

Answer 5

verbal phrase

To try something

_{I want to take a stab at studying Spanish.}

_{You should take a stab at that task.}

Question 6

Subset

Answer 6

noun

A part of a larger group

_{A subset of the protesters were violent.}

_{Only a subset of society will benefit from this tax cut.}

Question 7

Zero-sum game

Answer 7

adjective - noun

One party’s gain is the same is another party’s loss

_{Poker is a good example of a zero-sum game, since one person wins what all the other players lose.}

Question 8

Bombard

Answer 8

verb

Continually attacked

_{I was bombarded with questions after the presentation.}

_{They are bombarding the public with advertisements.}

Question 9

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