Money and culture

Question 1

The time of your life when you are a child

Answer 1

Childhood /tʃaɪldhʊd/
Noun

Question 2

A daughter of your brother or sister, or a daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister.

Answer 2

Niece /niːs/
Noun

Question 3

A son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister.

Answer 3

Nephew /ˈnefjuː/
Noun

Question 4

The type of family, social position, or culture that someone comes from

Answer 4

Background /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/
Noun
-Students from very different backgrounds

Question 5

The way in which two or more people or things are connected with or involve each other

Answer 5

Relationship /rɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nʃɪp/
NOUN COUNTABLE
-There is a close relationship between poverty and crime.
-I don’t have a good relationship with my housemates.

Question 6

Someone who you do not know

Answer 6

Stranger /ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/
NOUN COUNTABLE
-I didn’t want to share a room with a complete stranger.

Question 7

To continue to talk to or write to someone

Answer 7

keep in touch
idiom
-Have you kept in touch with your college roommate?

Question 8

To start to be familiar with someone or something

Answer 8

get to know
Idiom
-It took a while to get to know the city properly.
-One advantage of living overseas is that you get to know people from different countries.

Question 9

To give your time to something and make progress with it

Answer 9

Get on with
PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE
-I usually get on with people who like having fun.

Question 10

If you —- someone —-, they come to your house to visit you or to stay with you

Answer 10

Have (someone) over
PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE
-We’re having some friends over for dinner tonight.

Question 11

To spend time with people and do nothing in particular

Answer 11

HANG OUT WITH
-However, we are usually doing something with those friends, such as having coffee while chatting, listening to music, playing games, etc. What do you like to do when you hang out with your friends?

Question 12

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

Answer 12

Wardrobe

Question 13

Used for showing that you have expressed something in an unusual way.

Answer 13

So to speak
-Members of Parliament were back in school today, so to speak

Question 14

The last of a series of events that causes an angry or violent reaction.

Answer 14

The last/final straw
-When he didn’t come home that night, it was the last straw.

Question 15

Overcoming the barriers set to prevent access to advancement, also includes removing barriers for others experiencing the same struggles.

Answer 15

Breaking the glass ceiling

Question 16

Sometimes, but not regularly or often.

Answer 16

(every) now and then/again
-Now and then I receive letters from my former students.
-She comes to London every now and again.

Question 17

Only; just.

Answer 17

a matter of something
-In a matter of seconds, the building was in flames.

Question 18

To get as much advantage or profit as possible from something that you have.

Answer 18

Leverage
/ˈliːvərɪdʒ/
verb
-The company needs to leverage its resources.
-This system will help you to leverage your time so that you get more done.

Question 19

The ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve what you want to do.

Answer 19

Willpower
/ˈwɪlpaʊə(r)/
noun
-He’s intelligent but he’s got no willpower.

Question 20

Someone who leads or takes part in a religious ceremony.
someone who officiates at a ceremony, especially a non-denominational one.

Answer 20

Celebrant /ˈseləbrənt/
Officiant

Question 21

Pressure caused by a difficult situation, that makes a person feel nervous and worried.

Answer 21

Strain /streɪn/
NOUN
-This war will put a great strain on the economy.
-If you got into some financial strain, what is the first thing you would do?

Question 22

A girl or young woman who helps a bride before and during her wedding

Answer 22

Bridesmaid /ˈbraɪdzˌmeɪd/
Noun

Question 23

To do something extreme or unpleasant in order to solve a problem because it’s the only thing available.

Answer 23

Resort to
PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE
-I think we can solve this problem without resorting to legal action.
-The government will impose a state of emergency only as a last resort.
-We discovered that some students had resorted to cheating in order to pass the test.

Question 24

To feel very worried about something that might happen or something that is going to happen.

Answer 24

Dread /dred/
VERB TRANSITIVE
-I dread the day she finds out.
-What is something in the future that you dread doing?

Question 25

An agreement with your bank that allows you to spend money when you have no money left in your account.

Answer 25

**Overdraft** /ˈəʊvə(r)ˌdrɑːft/ NOUN -Most banks now offer interest-free overdrafts of up to a few hundred pounds to all students.

Question 26

Dealing with something successfully.

Answer 26

**Get on top of** -I need to get on top of my finances.

Question 27

Something is important, useful, or beneficial enough to justify the effort or difficulty required (to do something).

Answer 27

**Worth the trouble** -It's worth the trouble to learn how to cook.

Question 28

To gradually make something weaker, smaller, or less effective.

Answer 28

**Chip away** PHRASAL VERB INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE -The company’s dominance of the market is being chipped away.

Question 29

To not allow yourself to be affected by a problem, argument etc so that you can achieve something more important.

Answer 29

**Put aside** PHRASAL VERB TRANSITIVE

Question 30

Used for saying that something is already known or understood.

Answer 30

**Needless to say** -Needless to say, I was very upset about the whole thing.

Question 31

To appear as a large shape that is not clear, usually in a threatening way.

Answer 31

**loom** /luːm/ VERB INTRANSITIVE -Suddenly the mountains looming in front of me.

Question 32

To join with other people in doing a job.

Answer 32

**Pitch in ** PHRASAL VERB INTRANSITIVE INFORMAL -If we all pitch in, we can finish today.

Question 33

To spend money on something, especially when you do not want to.

Answer 33

**Fork out ** PHRASAL VERB INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE INFORMAL -I’m not forking out £400 on ski clothes!

Question 34

To succeed in achieving something, especially after a lot of effort.

Answer 34

**Attain** /əˈteɪn/ VERB TRANSITIVE FORMAL -Not all athletes attain this standard of physical fitness.

Question 35

To express something in speech or writing, especially in a definite or formal way.

Answer 35

**State** /steɪt/ VERB TRANSITIVE -He stated that the project would be completed by April.

Question 36

Money and property that, in some cultures, a woman’s family gives to her husband when they get married.

Answer 36

**Dowry** /ˈdaʊri/ NOUN

Question 37

An insulting word for a woman who is not married and is past the age when women usually get married. Bachelor.

Answer 37

**Spinster** /ˈspɪnstə(r)/ NOUN COUNTABLE OLD-FASHIONED

Question 38

To give someone too much to deal with at one time

Answer 38

**Swamp** /swɒmp/ VERB TRANSITIVE - Online bookshops were swamped with orders during the pre-Christmas rush. -Sorry I didn't reply your email. I have completely swamped at work.