Unit 10

Question 1

To state that something is right or blame someone without proof

Answer 1

Allege

Question 2

Not clear / definite, capable of being understood in more than one way

Answer 2

Ambiguous

Question 3

Firmly state that something is true

Answer 3

Assert

Question 4

Used in informal conversation rather than formal language

Answer 4

Colloquial

Question 5

Tell Sb a secret or discuss private feelings with them

Answer 5

Confide

Question 6

• communicate feelings indirectly
• give official info or formal message to someone.

Answer 6

Convey

Question 7

main idea/most important point of sth that sb wrote or said

Answer 7

Gist

Question 8

slight idea or small piece of info telling sth might exist/happen

Answer 8

Inkling

Question 9

special words understood only by people with same profession

Answer 9

Jargon

Question 10

document signed by many people that asks sb in authority to do sth

Answer 10

Petition

Question 11

large notice in public place, used for advertising or carried to protest

Answer 11

placard

Question 12

to argue and complain about unimportant things

Answer 12

Quibble

Question 13

• talk in angry/uncontrollable way
• speak/write enthusiastically

Answer 13

Rave

Question 14

• talk in angry/uncontrollable way
• speak/write enthusiastically

Answer 14

Rave

Question 15

a journalist who writes regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine

Answer 15

columnist

Question 16

television/radio reporter dealing with particular subject

Answer 16

correspondent

Question 17

someone who writes sth for someone else whose name will appear on it as the writer

Answer 17

ghostwriter

Question 18

formal document stating the aims and plans of group/organization, esp. political party

Answer 18

manifesto

Question 19

thin book with paper cover, usually given free

Answer 19

pamphlet

Question 20

separate part of newspapers or magazines

Answer 20

supplement

Question 21

small pages newspapers concerning famous people and not much serious news

Answer 21

tabloid

Question 22

say something suddenly without thinking about effect

Answer 22

blurt out

Question 23

• understand
• become popular/fashionable

Answer 23

catch on

Question 24

• become available to buy/see
• become known
• be spoken, heard, understood in particular way

Answer 24

come out

Question 25

say something suddenly that shocks people

Answer 25

come out with

Question 26

stop talking because you forgot what to say

Answer 26

dry up

Question 27

make people understand sth

Answer 27

get across

Question 28

if news ........, a lot of people know it

Answer 28

get round

Question 29

- be connected to a place by telephone - make sb understand what you are trying to say

Answer 29

get through to

Question 30

talk about something supposed to be a secret

Answer 30

let on

Question 31

explain an idea in a way that is easy to understand

Answer 31

put across/over

Question 32

make sth difficult to hear by shouting instead of saying

Answer 32

shout down

Question 33

discuss problem/plan

Answer 33

talk over

Question 34

- succeed in persuading sb to agree - discuss something in a general way w/o dealing with important issues

Answer 34

talk round (to)

Question 35

understand basic meaning

Answer 35

catch sb's drift

Question 36

promise to do sth

Answer 36

give sb your word

Question 37

the way in which info spreads quickly from one person to another through conversation

Answer 37

(hear sth) on/through the grapevine

Question 38

regularly give sb info about sth they are interested in

Answer 38

keep sb posted

Question 39

tell people exactly your intentions

Answer 39

lay/put sb's cards on the table

Question 40

provide lots of info indirectly

Answer 40

speak volumes

Question 41

tell sb in authority about bad things sb else has done

Answer 41

tell tales

Question 42

Provide what someone hopes

Answer 42

Answer sb’s prayers

Question 43

Accept something is the without making sure

Answer 43

Take as read

Question 44

Try to understand someone’s feelings/intention from what they write /say

Answer 44

Read between the lines

Question 45

Thinking /writing has more influence to people them force /violence

Answer 45

The pen is mightier than the sword

Question 46

Friendly enough to talk

Answer 46

On speaking terms