UNIT 4

Question 1

wear on

Answer 1

If a period of time wears on, it seems to pass very slowly

Question 2

at fault

Answer 2

to blame

Question 3

at variance

Answer 3

in disagreement

Question 4

to no avail

Answer 4

in vain

Question 5

I’m baffled by
it confounds my why

Answer 5

i can’t understand

Question 6

can’t call sth to mind
slip my mind

Answer 6

forget sth

Question 7

go to sb’s head

Answer 7

become arrogant, conceited bc of sth
feel the effects of alcohol

Question 8

go to a lot of/considerable trouble

Answer 8

make great effort

Question 9

have a lot/plenty/not much going for sth

Answer 9

have sth in one’s favor

Question 10

go halves on

Answer 10

divide a bill/cost by two

Question 11

go it alone

Answer 11

do sth without sb’s help

Question 12

go a long way to/towards

Answer 12

contribute significantly to the success of

Question 13

seeing that

Answer 13

because

Question 14

see reason

Answer 14

realise one’s behavior/actions are wrong/stupid

Question 15

see the light

Answer 15

finally understand, see reason

Question 16

have seen better days

Answer 16

is old and in poor condition

Question 17

see to it that

Answer 17

make sure sth happens

Question 18

see fit to

Answer 18

find it appropriate to

Question 19

clean shaven

Answer 19

(of a man) without a beard or mustache

Question 20

circumstantial evidence

Answer 20

indirect evidence that does not directly prove a fact in issue but gives rise to a logical inference that the fact exists

Question 21

smack (one’s) lips

Answer 21

-to lick one’s lips in anticipation of eating something delicious.
-to eagerly anticipate something with great pleasure.
-to make unintentional smacking noises with one’s mouth, especially when speaking

Question 22

be tickled pink

Answer 22

be extremely amused or pleased

Question 23

clap eyes on

Answer 23

To see someone or something, often for the first time

Question 24

tickle one’s fancy

Answer 24

to interest or attract someone

Question 25

take some beating

Answer 25

If something takes some beating, it is so good that it is hard to improve on it

Question 26

when push comes to shove

Answer 26

when all the easy answers to a problem have not worked, and something else must be tried

Question 27

rub someone's nose in it

Answer 27

to say or do things that make someone remember that they failed or got something wrong

Question 28

go off with a bag make it/one's mark/a killing/a go of sth be on the up and up fall/land on one's feet have(got) it made

Answer 28

success

Question 29

fight a losing battle come to nothing/grief be a flop/disaster fiasco/shambles go under/bust/to the wall

Answer 29

failure

Question 30

wait in the wings

Answer 30

If someone or something is waiting in the wings, they are not yet active or important, but are ready or likely to be so soon

Question 31

on the spot

Answer 31

at the place where an event is happening or has recently happened immediately

Question 32

as large as life

Answer 32

used as a way of describing a person you see, and are surprised to see, in a particular place

Question 33

do a disappearing/vanishing act

Answer 33

to go away, usually because you do not want to do something or meet someone

Question 34

play truant

Answer 34

to be regularly absent from school without permission

Question 35

behind the scenes

Answer 35

If something happens behind the scenes, it happens without most people knowing about it, especially when something else is happening publicly

Question 36

course

Answer 36

- the direction in which a vehicle, especially an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship, moves, or the path along which a river flows - the often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something

Question 37

in/over the course of time

Answer 37

after a period of time

Question 38

do (someone) a good turn

Answer 38

to do something kind that helps someone else

Question 39

pay a premium

Answer 39

pay a lot

Question 40

mark-ups

Answer 40

amounts added to cost price

Question 41

delibilitating

Answer 41

making very weak

Question 42

crippling

Answer 42

taking away strength, ability