Vocabulary 5

Question 1

Bend over backwards for someone

Answer 1

to work extra hard to make something happen, particularly to help someone or to make them happy

Question 2

To know someone/something inside out

Answer 2

to know everything about a subject:

Question 3

No problem too big or small

Answer 3

Not big or small

Question 4

Niggling (doubts/ worries/difficulties)

Answer 4

worrying someone slightly or causing them slight pain, usually for a long time:

Ex.

a niggling doubt/fear

Question 5

Irrespective of

Answer 5

Regardless off

Question 6

Unassailable (lead/position/argument) ?

Answer 6

in such a strong position that you cannot be defeated:

Ex:

This win has given the team an unassailable lead.

Question 7

Proponents of sthm ?

≠ opponents

Answer 7

a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action:

Ex:

He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment.

Question 8

Solace (take/seek/find)

Answer 8

Find peace in sthm

Ex:

As a teenager, I found a lot of solace in religion

Question 9

Crippling (doubts/fears/poverty)

Answer 9

Overwhelming

Question 10

Surmontable (problem/challenge/odd)

Answer 10

Surmontable

Question 11

Be overt about sthm

Answer 11

Show publicly about something

Ex:

She is overtly racist

Question 12

Draw inspiration from

Answer 12

Take inspiration from

Question 13

To cloud (judgement/vision/mind/memory/ an issue/ an outlook

Answer 13

to make someone confused, or make something more difficult to understand:

Ex.

When it came to explaining the lipstick on his collar, he found that drink had clouded (= confused) his memory.

Question 14

Looming (dread/anxiety) ?

Answer 14

of something unwanted or unpleasant) about to happen soon and causing worry:

Question 15

Outlook ?

≠ perspective ?

Answer 15

the likely future situation or

a person’s way of understanding and thinking about something:

Ex:
He has a fairly positive outlook on life.

Perspective : a particular way of considering something:

Question 16

To probe ?

Probe questions

Probe into a scandal

Probe for details

Answer 16

Try to discover something that is hidden by asking questions

Question 17

Scarcely ?

Answer 17

almost not:

Ex:

I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident.

Question 18

I was full of beans ?

Answer 18

Full of energy

Question 19

Be taken in by something/someone ?

Answer 19

You are deceived by them, so that you get a false impression of them

Question 20

Bleary eyed ?

Answer 20

Troubled/confused/ tired eyes

Question 21

Thorough fare ?

Answer 21

Path/road

Question 22

Staggering ?

Answer 22

Not walking straight

Question 23

Hop-picking ?

Answer 23

Fruits picking

Question 24

Crunch under my boots

Answer 24

Le son

Question 25

Twittering birds

Answer 25

Bruit des oiseaux comme si ils parlaient

Question 26

Claps of thunder

Answer 26

Grondement de toner

Question 27

Wind whistling

Answer 27

Sifflement du vent

Question 28

Roar of car

Answer 28

Grondement Attention: Roar with laughter ≠ roar in anger

Question 29

Lapping water

Answer 29

Gouttes d’eau qui tombent