Unit 10

Question 1

To be or continue on harmonious terms

Answer 1

To get on in

Question 2

Someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful

Answer 2

High-flier

Question 3

Something that becomes successful very quickly

Answer 3

Overnight success

Question 4

To give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something

Answer 4

Pay off

Question 5

To be very successful

Answer 5

Ride high in the charts

Question 6

Very successful

Answer 6

Thriving

Question 7

To receive; be subjected to

Answer 7

Come in for

Question 8

To encounter, especially a difficulty or major problem

Answer 8

Come up against

Question 9

To act more forcefully to regulate, repress, or restrain

Answer 9

Crack down on

Question 10

To accept sth

Answer 10

Face up to

Question 11

To escape the consequences of

Answer 11

To get away with

Question 12

To have interest in

Answer 12

To go in for

Question 13

To admire

Answer 13

Look up to

Question 14

To compensate for

Answer 14

To make up for

Question 15

To explain something as being caused by something else

Answer 15

Put something down to something

Question 16

Stand, tolerate

Answer 16

Put up with

Question 17

Someone who presents a television or radio programme, especially the news

Answer 17

Anchor

Question 18

to be looking at something and not paying attention to anything else

Answer 18

Be glued to sth

Question 19

Cable television

Answer 19

Telewizja kablowa

Question 20

Satellite television

Answer 20

Telewizja satelitarna

Question 21

Terrestrial television

Answer 21

Telewizja naziemna

Question 22

someone who spends a lot of time sitting at home watching television

Answer 22

Couch potato

Question 23

news about something on television or radio or in the newspapers

Answer 23

Coverage

Question 24

the most popular time for watching television, which is in the middle of the evening

Answer 24

Prime time television

Question 25

the number of people who watch or listen to a particular television or radio programme

Answer 25

Ratings

Question 26

Pilot TV

Answer 26

Remote Control

Question 27

a television or radio series about a particular group of characters who deal with situations in a humorous way

Answer 27

Sitcom

Question 28

a television or radio series about the imaginary lives of a group of people. A soap opera is often simply called a soap.

Answer 28

Soap

Question 29

a cause with no chance of success

Answer 29

A lost cause

Question 30

to be unsuccessful/to have an accident

Answer 30

Come to grief

Question 31

To fail

Answer 31

Come to nothing

Question 32

if something such as a deal, plan, or arrangement falls through, it fails to happen

Answer 32

Fall through

Question 33

to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something

Answer 33

To make a mess of (doing sth)

Question 34

to last until some time or until reaching some place

Answer 34

To make it to

Question 35

to succeed in doing something, especially something that you have been trying to do for a period of time

Answer 35

Accomplish

Question 36

a curved structure at the top of a door, window, or gate

Answer 36

Arch

Question 37

to wave a weapon or other object around in your hand so that other people can see it

Answer 37

Brandish

Question 38

To start laughing

Answer 38

Break into a fit of giggles

Question 39

Sth is soon to be ended

Answer 39

Sth is brought to a close

Question 40

to reduce the amount of something, especially money that you spend

Answer 40

Cut back on

Question 41

a situation in which you do not have something that you need or want

Answer 41

Deprivation

Question 42

Dwupasmówka

Answer 42

Dual carriageway

Question 43

the ability to continue doing something physically difficult or continue dealing with an unpleasant situation for a long time

Answer 43

Endurance

Question 44

Pass quickly

Answer 44

Flit

Question 45

to worry about something continuously

Answer 45

Fret about

Question 46

to make someone feel sad or lose hope

Answer 46

Get sb down

Question 47

to frighten someone or make them nervous

Answer 47

Give sb the shivers

Question 48

to give a task one's best effort

Answer 48

Give sth one's best shot

Question 49

to shine with a soft weak light that is not steady

Answer 49

Glimmering

Question 50

the skilful use of dishonest means to trick people or to make them do what you want

Answer 50

Guile

Question 51

Unfortunate

Answer 51

Hapless

Question 52

Bełkot

Answer 52

Gibberish

Question 53

a situation that causes problems for you or that annoys you very much

Answer 53

Hassle

Question 54

a leather container for a gun, that is fixed to a belt

Answer 54

Holster

Question 55

always wanting more and never feeling satisfied

Answer 55

Insatiable

Question 56

A difficult situation

Answer 56

Jam

Question 57

be released or become known; of news; be leaked

Answer 57

Leak out

Question 58

money or property that you arrange for someone to have after you die

Answer 58

Legacy

Question 59

to relax and enjoy yourself because you are in a comfortable environment

Answer 59

Let hair down

Question 60

left or caught in a place and unable to leave

Answer 60

marooned

Question 61

behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone

Answer 61

Confrontational

Question 62

a long stick with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat

Answer 62

Oar

Question 63

if a thick liquid oozes from something, or if something oozes a liquid, a small amount of it flows out slowly

Answer 63

Ooze

Question 64

off a boat or ship and into the water

Answer 64

Overboard

Question 65

to create a difficult or dangerous situation

Answer 65

Pose a challenge

Question 66

To move ahead, as in a race

Answer 66

Pull ahead

Question 67

To perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles

Answer 67

Pull off

Question 68

suddenly start to run or do something much faster than before

Answer 68

Put a spurt on

Question 69

to say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true

Answer 69

Retract

Question 70

income from business activities or taxes

Answer 70

Revenue

Question 71

if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too

Answer 71

Rub off on

Question 72

to believe that something dishonest, illegal, or wrong has happened

Answer 72

Smell a rat

Question 73

to cry noisily while taking short breaths

Answer 73

Sob

Question 74

to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings

Answer 74

Spark

Question 75

to not allow yourself to be treated badly, especially by someone in authority

Answer 75

Stand up to sb

Question 76

a company that is owned by a larger company

Answer 76

Subsidiary

Question 77

a small door that covers an opening in a floor, ceiling, or wall

Answer 77

A trapdoor

Question 78

to put something in a particular place, especially in order to keep it safe or hidden

Answer 78

Tuck