General Vocabulary, Error Correction

Question 1

a “by-product” of nuclear power generation is nuclear waste

Answer 1

a thing made as a side effect

Question 2

adopted

Answer 2

accepted and put into action

Question 3

cheese is “derived” from milk

Answer 3

got from

Question 4

peculiar

Answer 4

strange

Question 5

wreath

Answer 5

circle of flowers

Question 6

poise

Answer 6

good position, being ready to do something

Question 7

overheads

Answer 7

costs

Question 8

looming

Answer 8

when a scary looking thing is coming

Question 9

to not bat an eye

Answer 9

to not move a finger, or have any negative reaction at all

Question 10

devour

Answer 10

to eat up greedily

Question 11

voracious

Answer 11

having a large appetite for something

Question 12

buns and braids

Answer 12

hairstyles

Question 13

to assuage

Answer 13

to make something unpleasant better

Question 14

shrinking

Answer 14

getting smaller

Question 15

mingling

Answer 15

socialising

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prompting

Answer 16

making something happen

Question 17

longevity

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long life, length of life

Question 18

sluggish

Answer 18

slow

Question 19

slugs

Answer 19

slimy brown creature in the garden, eats your plants

Question 20

a blow

Answer 20

a hit

Question 21

lamb

Answer 21

sounds like ham, Pam etc.

Question 22

circuit

Answer 22

second syllable sounds like “kit”

Question 23

shears

Answer 23

big gardening scissors

Question 24

bushes

Answer 24

a large plant, but smaller than a tree, makes a good fence

Question 25

spade

Answer 25

digging tool

Question 26

shovel

Answer 26

digging tool

Question 27

fitness court

Answer 27

outdoor gym

Question 28

a lamb

Answer 28

sounds like jam, ham, yam etc.

Question 29

spinach

Answer 29

sounds like village, garage etc.

Question 30

cling

Answer 30

hanging or holding onto something

Question 31

clingy

Answer 31

overly desperate for attention or love

Question 32

needy

Answer 32

overly desperate for attention or love

Question 33

kibble

Answer 33

dry pet food

Question 34

helminth

Answer 34

intestinal worm

Question 35

leech

Answer 35

bloodsucking worm

Question 36

sew

Answer 36

sounds like so, go, no

Question 37

viewings

Answer 37

the walk around your property with potential buyers

Question 38

past participle of choose

Answer 38

chosen

Question 39

final thesis

Answer 39

the last project in university

Question 40

gorge

Answer 40

eat greedily

Question 41

womb

Answer 41

place for a developing baby in the mother's body

Question 42

tomb

Answer 42

place for a dead person

Question 43

plumbing

Answer 43

pipes for transporting water or gas

Question 44

limbs

Answer 44

arms and legs

Question 45

fuel

Answer 45

has a "yoo" sound

Question 46

mortgage

Answer 46

sounds like village, spinach

Question 47

quite sympathic young man

Answer 47

sympathetic

Question 48

a U turn

Answer 48

a complete change of direction

Question 49

indispensable

Answer 49

absolutely necessary

Question 50

to mandate

Answer 50

an authoritative command

Question 51

overwhelming

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very intense

Question 52

underwhelming

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disappointing

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complementary

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fitting together well, knives and forks for example

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forbid forbade forbidden

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to not allow to do something

Question 55

flagship

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Most important one

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pit against

Answer 56

force to compete

Question 57

we're "catching up with" Ed Porter

Question 58

decoupling the cost of energy from the price of gas

Question 59

ask you to kick us off explaining who you are

Question 60

how could you derisk investing in that space

Question 61

if you were to get in this conversation at a dinner party

Question 62

people sheepishly asking what is the grid

Question 63

electricity takes on a more tangible quality

Question 64

you had to have a huge subsidy 10 years ago

Question 65

this whole transition has become so much more feasible

Question 66

she's already paid for the scaffolding because she's already getting work done on her roof

Question 67

everyone has an innate understanding of that (buying low, selling high)

Question 68

they kick in in under one second, that's a prefault response

Question 69

always gently "nudging" the system so it operates in the right frequency

Answer 69

slightly adjusting, poking, prodding, fiddling with

Question 70

there hasn't been a totally "coherent" conclusion to what happened

Answer 70

sensible, understandable

Question 71

every second there's 50 "oscillations" in the grid

Answer 71

movement back and forth in a regular rhythm

Question 72

your oven timer is "synchronous" to the grid frequency

Answer 72

done at the same time or speed

Question 73

your oven timer goes "doolally" if you power your house off a diesel generator

Answer 73

mad, crazy, deranged

Question 74

correct the mistake: we didn't met so often

Question 75

correct the mistake: they had big hearts with my aunt