UNIT 7

Question 1

fall short of one’s expectation

Answer 1

not come/live up to one’s expectation

Question 2

come to nothing
do no good
fall through
draw a blank
be doomed to failure

Answer 2

fail

Question 3

tie up the loose ends
draw to a close
be on the last lap
put the finishing touches to

Answer 3

finish

Question 4

give sb the go ahead

Answer 4

let/allow

Question 5

break even

Answer 5

make neither a profit or loss in business

Question 6

break the bank

Answer 6

cost a lot of money

Question 7

break the back of

Answer 7

complete the main/worst part of the job

Question 8

break the news

Answer 8

to tell sb news that will have a good/bad effect on them

Question 9

break one’s neck

Answer 9

to injure oneself badly
do sth quickly in order to finish it on time

Question 10

set the record straight

Answer 10

show what has been considered true is, in fact, not

Question 11

set the ball rolling/sth in motion

Answer 11

begin an activity, conversation

Question 12

set great store by

Answer 12

consider sth very important

Question 13

rude awakening

Answer 13

a sudden and unpleasant shock

Question 14

bent double

Answer 14

Someone who is bent double is standing with their upper body curved forwards and down towards the ground, often as a result of strong emotion or pain

Question 15

wear and tear

Answer 15

the damage that happens to an object in ordinary use during a period

Question 16

crease (someone) up

Answer 16

to laugh a lot, or make someone else laugh a lot

Question 17

be torn between

Answer 17

To be or feel equally compelled to choose between two different people, things, or actions.

Question 18

feel rotten

Answer 18

to feel unhappy and guilty about sth
to feel ill

Question 19

bent on

Answer 19

completely determined to do sth

Question 20

have a chip on one’s shoulder

Answer 20

Readily provoked anger or resentment

Question 21

be a dab hand at/be handy with
be one’s forte/strong point
be out of this world
measure up
be the last world in
have what it takes/cut out to be
be/come up to scratch/expectations

Answer 21

be good at

Question 22

make a pig ear (out) of sth
scrape the bottom of the barrel
can’t do sth to save one’s life
not be all it/one is cracked up to be
good for nothing
not be up to much
a dead loss

Answer 22

make a complete mess out of sth

Question 23

lose sight of
live sth down
slip one’s mind
put sth behind one
take one’s mind off
have no recollection of
put sth out of one’s mind
have a memory like a sieve

Answer 23

forget

Question 24

let bygones be bygones

Answer 24

forget past offenses or causes of conflict and be reconciled

Question 25

rack one's brain cast one's mind back be/serve as a reminder jog/refresh one's memory it's on the tip of my tongue

Answer 25

make a great effort to think of or remember something

Question 26

hot favorite

Answer 26

a competitor who is strongly expected to win a race or other contest

Question 27

hot seat

Answer 27

intense scrutiny or pressure

Question 28

pretty as a picture

Answer 28

very pretty indeed

Question 29

get weaving

Answer 29

begin sth/get busy doing sth

Question 30

(deep) lines were etched in her face

Answer 30

deep furrows of worry were on her face

Question 31

get sth down to a fine art

Answer 31

master sth (even lying) by doing it frequently

Question 32

paint/tar sb with the same brush

Answer 32

liken one person to another, blame sb for errors of others

Question 33

free movement

Answer 33

legal permission for goods, capital, services, or workers to leave one country and enter another country without extra taxes, legal documents, official limits, etc.

Question 34

den

Answer 34

home of some types of wild animals

Question 35

barren

Answer 35

not good enough for plants to grow on

Question 36

steeped in

Answer 36

covered with

Question 37

stench

Answer 37

awful smell

Question 38

shuffled about

Answer 38

moved around

Question 39

project

Answer 39

give, present