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Question 1

hiding

Answer 1

The hiding I would have to endure?
1 [uncountable] when someone stays somewhere in secret, especially because they have done something illegal or are in danger
be in/go into/come out of hiding
He went into hiding in 1973.
2 [singular] spoken informal
a) a severe physical punishment SYN beating
You’ll get a good hiding when you come home!
You’re not too big for a hiding, you know.

Question 2

dub

Answer 2

Most of them were dubbed into African languages.
1 to give something or someone a name that describes them in some way → label, name
be dubbed something
The body, thousands of years old, was found in the Alps and dubbed ‘The Iceman’.
2 to change the original spoken language of a film or television programme into another language
be dubbed into something
a British film dubbed into French

Question 3

simucast

Answer 3

But if you wanted to watch them in English, the original American audio would be simucast on the radio.
to broadcast something at the same time on two or more media such as television, radio, or Internet, or at the same time as it is happening
Her keynote speech at the conference is going to be simulcast on the Web.

Question 4

perforate

Answer 4

I was operating on my cousin Bulelwa’s ear with a set of matches when I accidently perforated her eardrum.
to make a hole or holes in something
A broken rib had perforated her lung.

Question 5

All hell broke loose

Answer 5

all hell broke loose
informal not polite used to say that people suddenly become very noisy or angry
Journalists woke him with the news and all hell broke loose.

Question 6

chauffeur

Answer 6

In the car, he insisted on driving me as he were my chauffeur.
someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else

Question 7

lenient

Answer 7

I was given more lenient treatment htan the black kids.
not strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect
the lenient sentences handed down by some judges
School examiners say that marking has become more lenient in recent years.

Question 8

champion

Answer 8

I could champion racial justice in our home, or I could enjoy granny’s cookies.
to publicly fight for and defend an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people
She championed the cause of religious freedom.

Question 9

pandemonium

Answer 9

Other would run up and try to touch me to see if I was real. It was pandemonium. 
a situation in which there is a lot of noise because people are angry, confused or frightened SYN chaos
Origin pandemonium (1600-1700) Pandaemonium city of evil spirits in the poem Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, from Greek pan- ( → PAN-) + daimon “evil spirit”

Question 10

the bereaved

Answer 10

I’d go to funerals and I’d walk in and bereaved would look uo and see me and they’d stop crying.
the bereaved
the person or people whose close friend or relative has just died
Our sympathies go to the bereaved.