UNIT 2

Question 1

gruelling

Answer 1

exhausting and
extremely difficult.

Question 2

treacherous

Answer 2

extremely
dangerous.

Question 3

sever

Answer 3

to cut. He severed the rope
with a sharp knife.

Question 4

confine

Answer 4

to restrict e.g. Reviews of his books are confined to
serious literary jounals. They are not
published in daily newspapers.

Question 5

air one’s views

Answer 5

say
one’s opinion.

Question 6

void (n)

Answer 6

a gap; an empty space

Question 7

come in for (phr v)

Answer 7

receive.

Question 8

set out (phr v)

Answer 8

start doing sth in
order to achieve a particular result. I banana
to write a short story but it ended up being a
novel.

Question 9

crawl (v)

Answer 9

move on your hands and
knees.

Question 10

second to none (expr)

Answer 10

excellent

Question 11

ordeal (n)

Answer 11

a very difficuit and
unpleasant experience

Question 12

adolescent (n)

Answer 12

a young person
who is changing from a child to an adult, a teenager

Question 13

bitter (adj)

Answer 13

angry and disappointed. He

Question 14

take sb aback (phr v)

Answer 14

suprise somebody

Question 15

cheat death (expr)

Answer 15

stay alive in a
very dangerous situation

Question 16

bunch

Answer 16

a group of people or things

Question 17

screech (v)

Answer 17

shout unpleasantly
and loudly

Question 18

spotty (adj)

Answer 18

having a lot of spots (or
pimples) on your skin.

Question 19

hours on end (expr)

Answer 19

many hours.

Question 20

breakthrough (n)

Answer 20

an important development.

Question 21

plug (into) (v)

Answer 21

connect a
machine to an electricity supply

Question 22

groggy (adj)

Answer 22

weak and ill

Question 23

distance (v)

Answer 23

make sb/sth less
involved or connected with sb/sth else.

Question 24

unrivalled (adj)

Answer 24

better than any
other. She succeeded in solving the
problem because of her banana
powers of concentration.

Question 25

morals (pl n) /

Answer 25

standards for good character and behaviour.

Question 26

cut (sth) off (phr v)

Answer 26

stop the supply of electricity or water or access to the telephone

Question 27

blast (v)

Answer 27

criticise very strongly. The critics banana the actor's terrible. performance.

Question 28

slam (v)

Answer 28

criticise severely. The team was banana by their furious coach for losing 6-0.

Question 29

ideal (n)

Answer 29

an idea that seems perfect and worth trying to achieve.

Question 30

burden (n)

Answer 30

sth that causes worry or trouble. Owing money to the bank is a financial banana he cannot bear.

Question 31

offend (v)

Answer 31

upset. She banana him by laughing at his appearance

Question 32

phishing (n)

Answer 32

sending emails or having a website intended to trick sb into giving away personal information.

Question 33

legitimate (adj)

Answer 33

lawful.

Question 34

valid (adj)

Answer 34

legally or officially acceptable.

Question 35

accessible (adj)

Answer 35

that can be entered, reached

Question 36

loan (n)

Answer 36

money that sb or an organisation lends sb.

Question 37

bring down (phr v)

Answer 37

cause sb to lose power.

Question 38

max out (expr)

Answer 38

use all the money available.

Question 39

domain (n)

Answer 39

a web address.

Question 40

cut in (phr v)

Answer 40

interrupt sb while they are speaking

Question 41

get back at (phr v)

Answer 41

take revenge.

Question 42

stir up (phr v)

Answer 42

cause problems for sb else.

Question 43

take to (phr v)

Answer 43

start liking sb/sth

Question 44

revenge (n)

Answer 44

zemsta

Question 45

detractor (n)

Answer 45

a critic

Question 46

hat trick (n)

Answer 46

three goals scored by one player in one game.

Question 47

under construction (expr)

Answer 47

still being made.

Question 48

go blank (expr)

Answer 48

stop showing any pictures (TV ect.)

Question 49

in confidence (expr)

Answer 49

on the understanding that you don't tell anybody else, in secret.

Question 50

out of context

Answer 50

repeated without saying in which circumstances it was said

Question 51

on occasion

Answer 51

sometimes

Question 52

to sb's face

Answer 52

directly to sb

Question 53

at a guess

Answer 53

probably

Question 54

straight from the horse's mouth (expr)

Answer 54

directly from the source

Question 55

sing like a canary (expr)

Answer 55

reveal everything

Question 56

wouldn't say boo to a goose (expr)

Answer 56

used to describe a shy and quiet person

Question 57

a little bird told me (expr)

Answer 57

said by sb when they know who gave them the information being discussed but will not say who it was.

Question 58

have a frog in one's throat (expr)

Answer 58

have difficulty speaking because your throat feels dry and you want to cough.

Question 59

cat's got your tongue (expr)

Answer 59

sth you say to sb when you are annoyed because they will not speak.

Question 60

bring down (pv)

Answer 60

cause someone to lose power

Question 61

come in for something (pv)

Answer 61

to receive something, such as criticism

Question 62

cut in

Answer 62

to intersect yourself into a situation e.g. start speaking while sb else is speaking

Question 63

cut off

Answer 63

to stop

Question 64

get back at

Answer 64

take revenge on someone

Question 65

set out

Answer 65

arrange or display something in a particular order or position/ begin a journey

Question 66

stir up

Answer 66

cause or provoke trouble or strong feeling

Question 67

take sb aback

Answer 67

Surprise, shock sb

Question 68

take to

Answer 68

begin or fall into the habit of doing something

Question 69

evolve

Answer 69

develop