Unit 2

Question 1

Upmarket

Answer 1

Upmarket goods and products are of very high quality and intended to be bought by people who are quite rich

Question 2

Posh

Answer 2

Classy, fashionable and usually expensive.

Question 3

To cut down

Answer 3

-to limit
-to do or use less of something:
I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.

Question 4

To send around

Answer 4

-To circulate

“Please, send around this memo so that everybody knows about the proposed changes”

Question 5

To hang on

Answer 5

To wait a minute

Question 6

To try out

Answer 6

To test or experiment something

Question 7

To turn out

Answer 7

To prove to be the case

“You told me he was mena but he turned out to be quite nice.”

Question 8

To give up

Answer 8

To stop or quit something

Question 9

To eat up

Answer 9

to consume the whole portion

“Eat up your spinach, Ana!”

Question 10

To run out of

Answer 10

There’s no more left

Question 11

To pick up

Answer 11

to eat without appetite, barely eat.

“She was so tired she was picking at the food on her plate.”

Question 12

This is not my cup of tea

Answer 12

That is something you don´t like doing or you’re not good at doing it.

Question 13

To chicken out of something

Answer 13

to be a coward and avoid doing something

Question 14

To have egg on your face

Answer 14

To be embarressed or feel stupid because you did something

Question 15

to the bitter end

Answer 15

to continue doing something to the end, even though the situation is difficult or unpleasent.

Question 16

to spoon-feed someone

Answer 16

to give somebody assistance, to help them.

Question 17

to eat your heart out

Answer 17

to suffer in silence, to be very sad

Question 18

To spill the beans

Answer 18

Give away a secret or a surprise

Question 19

You can’t have your cake and eat it

Answer 19

two good things are not possible at the same time,

you can’t have everything you want

Question 20

Gulp down

Answer 20

to eat very quickly

Question 21

platter

Answer 21

a large plate used for serving food

Question 22

Quench

Answer 22

to drink liquid so that you stop being thirsty:

When it’s hot, it’s best to quench your thirst with water.

Question 23

Fuming

Answer 23

To be really angry

Question 24

Wind someone up the wrong way

Answer 24

get someone mad

Question 25

Feeling run-down

Answer 25

tired and not healthy, especially because of working too much:

Question 26

To set out

Answer 26

to start a journey "Get ready, we're seeting out in two minutes."

Question 27

To sort out

Answer 27

to find a solution, to solve a problem

Question 28

To end up

Answer 28

to become finally, to find yourself in a situation

Question 29

To look something up

Answer 29

to search , to check something

Question 30

To run into

Answer 30

to find someone or experience something you didin't expect.

Question 31

To have one for the road

Answer 31

to eat or drink your last drink before you leave a place

Question 32

To be at a crossroads

Answer 32

a situation when you have to make a difficult decision

Question 33

Travel broadens the mind

Answer 33

the more we visit other countries, the more open we become

Question 34

to share common ground

Answer 34

to have similar opinions or experiences as someone else.

Question 35

Hope your paths cross again

Answer 35

you hope to meet someone again

Question 36

To be taken for a ride

Answer 36

to cheat or to swindle somedoby

Question 37

dead end

Answer 37

no proggress or improvement can be made

Question 38

off the beaten track

Answer 38

places that are not often visited

Question 39

Thrilled to bits

Answer 39

to be really happy about something

Question 40

Subsidise

Answer 40

to help someone financially

Question 41

Hard on the pocket

Answer 41

when you pay a lot for something

Question 42

Make amends

Answer 42

-to do something good to show that you are sorry about something you have done: She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.

Question 43

Serviettes

Answer 43

napkins

Question 44

Be taken in by something

Answer 44

To be fooled, swindled, cheated, or beguiled (by someone or something).

Question 45

grater

Answer 45

ralador

Question 46

Mince

Answer 46

to grind something

Question 47

sieve

Answer 47

peneira

Question 48

strainer

Answer 48

cuador

Question 49

to say something diplomatically

Answer 49

say it politely and without insulting anyone

Question 50

to rose to uncomfortable levels

Answer 50

when other people's conversation began to escalate and it became uncomfortable

Question 51

patronising

Answer 51

speaking to someone as if you are inferior

Question 52

Beat about the bush

Answer 52

To speak vaguely or euphemistically so as to avoid talking directly about an unpleasant or sensitive topic.

Question 53

Foreseeable future

Answer 53

A foreseeable event or situation is one that can be known about or guessed before it happens. as far into the future as you can imagine or plan for: I'll be living here for the foreseeable future.

Question 54

Poke

Answer 54

to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something: