vocabulary general

Question 1

ant

Answer 1

a small insect that lives in large groupsHow damaging are ants to plants?

Question 2

hare

Answer 2

an animal like a rabbit but larger, which can run very quickly

Question 3

swear word

Answer 3

a word that is considered to be rude, offensive, and shocking by most peopl

Question 4

to cause a lot of damage or problems

-these policies have _______ on the British economy.

Answer 4

wreak havoc/mayhem/destruction (on something)

Question 5

to be able to go to an event, meeting etc that has been arranged
-I’m really sorry, but I won’t be able to make it on Sunday after all.

Answer 5

make it

Question 6

to suddenly give someone a lot of work, problems etc to deal with (inundate)

Answer 6

swamp with sm

Question 7

We’ve been ______ with phone calls since the advert appeared.

Answer 7

swamped

Question 8

to not do something that someone trusts or expects you to do (dissapointed)

Answer 8

let somebody/something ↔ down

Question 9

to succeed in keeping a job (do)

Answer 9

holding down

Question 10

Mr Mills had to____ _____a full-time job while attending night school.

Answer 10

hold down

Question 11

to get a better job in a company, or change to a more advanced group, higher rank, or higher level

Answer 11

move up

Question 12

-He’s _____ __ __ ___ ______ in the last few years, and his new flat shows it.

Answer 12

moved up in the world

Question 13

behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do

Answer 13

snobby

Question 14

• She’s very ____ about people who live in the suburbs.

Answer 14

snobby

Question 15

when someone is in his bad moment

Answer 15

at his worst

Question 16

to meet someone by chance

Answer 16

run into

Question 17

Guess who I _____ in town today!

Answer 17

ran into

Question 18

used to rudely tell someone to go away or to stop annoying you

Answer 18

get lost!

Question 19

annoyed or angry

Answer 19

teed off

Question 20

very upset or excited about something

Answer 20

worked up about/over

Question 21

Even when we were kids I was never that____ __about opening our Christmas stockings.

Answer 21

worked up

Question 22

someone who seems to want to spoil other people’s fun, for example by refusing to join them in something enjoyable that they are doing

Answer 22

wet blaket

Question 23

• They thought he was a middle aged ________

Answer 23

wet blaket

Question 24

to add more liquid to a container that is partly full

Answer 24

top something/somebody ↔ up

Question 25

I’ll just ____ ___ the coffee pot.

Answer 25

top up