Unit 9

Question 1

Don’t tell me you buy that story.

Answer 1

I can’t believe you think that story is true.

Question 2

You’re such a skeptic!

Answer 2

You always doubt everything.

Question 3

There’s no question Bogfoot is real.

Answer 3

Bigfoot is definitely real.

Question 4

Get out of here!

Answer 4

You’ve got to be kidding.

Question 5

You have such a wild imagination!

Answer 5

You think up some crazy things.

Question 6

Seeing is believing.

Answer 6

I have to see it with my own 2 eyes to believe that it’s true.

Question 7

cite

Answer 7

mention/show

Question 8

fake

Answer 8

not true/real, fiction

Question 9

confession

Answer 9

tell the truth

Question 10

allegedly

Answer 10

say sth without proof

Question 11

burden

Answer 11

carry sth difficult/unpleasant you have to deal with.

Question 12

trace

Answer 12

try to find the origin of sth.

Question 13

claim

Answer 13

say sth without proof

Question 14

clip

Answer 14

a short part of film.

Question 15

shaggy

Answer 15

long, rough, untidy hair

Question 16

stage

Answer 16

fake

Question 17

grainny

Answer 17

not clear

Question 18

hoax

Answer 18

fake to fool sb

Question 19

paranormal

Answer 19

cannot explain by science

Question 20

pissed off

Answer 20

angry

Question 21

fraudulent

Answer 21

obtained, done by, or involving deception, esp. criminal deception: the fraudulent copying of American software.
• unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities: he unmasked fraudulent psychics.

Question 22

goosebumps

Answer 22

the pimples that form gooseflesh.
pimple->a small hard inflamed spot on the skin.
gooseflesh->a pimply state of the skin with the hairs erect, produced by cold or fright.

Question 23

odd duck

Answer 23

strange man

Question 24

perplexed

Answer 24

puzzled/confused

Question 25

strange

Answer 25

bizarre/odd/peculiar/unusual

Question 26

I don’t know

Answer 26

I have no idea
I’m not sure
Beats me

Question 27

out-of-the-ordinary

Answer 27

unusual

Question 28

You’re probably right.

Answer 28

acknowledge the other person’s opinion

Question 29

Why else would…?

Answer 29

confirm your own opinion

Question 30

get fired

Answer 30

your fault

Question 31

get laid off

Answer 31

not your fault

Question 32

to be made redundant

Answer 32

in UK

Question 33

sever

Answer 33

end ( a relationship)

Question 34

extort

Answer 34

v

Question 35

scheme

Answer 35

v

Question 36

Give me your digits!

Answer 36

Give me your phone nimber!

Question 37

greed

Answer 37

n

Question 38

conspire

Answer 38

v

Question 39

lenient

Answer 39

adj

Question 40

show off

Answer 40

boast

brag

Question 41

transcript

Answer 41

wride down sth

Question 42

dead-pan

Answer 42

cold-blooded
show no emotion
pokerface

Question 43

something is off

Answer 43

sth doesn’t quite add up
there is something wrong
there’s sth to blow up in one’s face

Question 44

Their plan backfired

Answer 44

Their plan didn’t work out the way they planned

Question 45

They got busted

Answer 45

They got caught

Question 46

Do the crime, do the time.

Answer 46

When you do