UNIT 6

Question 1

in error

Answer 1

by mistake

Question 2

at stake

Answer 2

in danger

Question 3

bear witness to

Answer 3

show

Question 4

not take kindly to

Answer 4

object to

Question 5

take sth to mean

Answer 5

understand

Question 6

take in

Answer 6

get the picture/message

Question 7

look daggers at sb

Answer 7

look angrily at sb

Question 8

contempt

Answer 8

a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something

Question 9

look before you leap

Answer 9

think carefully before you do sth rash

Question 10

it pays to

Answer 10

it’s worth

Question 11

pay tribute to

Answer 11

say sth to show one’s admiration/respect

Question 12

pay dividends

Answer 12

produce benefits

Question 13

pay one’s way

Answer 13

earn money to pay for oneself

Question 14

pay one’s last respects

Answer 14

visit as a sign of respect to a dead person

Question 15

square deal

Answer 15

a fair agreement

Question 16

square meal

Answer 16

a satisfying meal that fills you and provides you with all the different types of food that your body needs in order to stay healthy

Question 17

go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch

Answer 17

to experience lots of problems in a period of your life

Question 18

foul play

Answer 18

a criminal act that results in serious damage or injury, especially murder

Question 19

foul weather

Answer 19

unpleasant, windy and stormy weather

Question 20

spot check

Answer 20

Sampling or investigating quickly or at random

Question 21

grind to a halt

Answer 21

come to a standstill or cease to be productive or make progress due to an obstacle

Question 22

turn of the screw

Answer 22

action that makes a bad situation worse

Question 23

be for the chop

Answer 23

To be on the verge of losing one’s job.
To be on the verge of being eliminated, as of a service or program.

Question 24

come/go under the hammer

Answer 24

to be sold at an auction (= public sale where objects are bought by the people who offer the most money)

Question 25

rake something up

Answer 25

to talk again about a past event or experience that should be forgotten, because it upsets or annoys someone else

Question 26

a hard/tough row to hoe

Answer 26

a difficult situation to deal with

Question 27

go off the deep end blow one's top get under one's skin

Answer 27

to get very angry about something or lose control of yourself

Question 28

call the tune/shots be in the driving seat hold sway over have sb in one's pocket

Answer 28

control

Question 29

have sb eating out of one's hand

Answer 29

To be completely accepting

Question 30

be hellbent on by fair means or foul mean business fight ̣sb/sth tooth and nail move heaven and earth stop at nothing

Answer 30

determination

Question 31

appreciate

Answer 31

to increase in value

Question 32

the chop

Answer 32

the situation in which your job is taken away from you, either because you have done something wrong or as a way of saving money

Question 33

make no bones about it

Answer 33

say sth which you believe to be the truth

Question 34

one's blood runs cold

Answer 34

used to express sudden fear, even terror in a situation

Question 35

be a bundle of nerves

Answer 35

be very worried or nervous about sth

Question 36

bleeding heart

Answer 36

sb who becomes sentimental over causes they can do nothing about

Question 37

in one's blood

Answer 37

sth that comes very naturally to sb

Question 38

break one's neck

Answer 38

try one's hardest

Question 39

make a point of

Answer 39

does sth in a deliberate, obvious way

Question 40

inept

Answer 40

with no skill

Question 41

commonplace

Answer 41

ordinary

Question 42

preoccupied with

Answer 42

continuously concerned with/worried about