2016-01-12

Question 1

a list of most suitable people for a job or a prize, chosen from all the people who are first considered

Answer 1

shortlist

The panel will draw up a shortlist of candidates.

Question 2

Our child will be teased by his classmates if you give him this name.

Answer 2

tease

Question 3

I want to steer clear of alliterative names.

Answer 3

1. steer clear of sth
2. aLLiterative - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words..
   aLLiteration

Question 4

to be ​unable to ​stop ​feeling ​embarrassed about something you have done

Answer 4

I ​wish I’d never ​opened my ​mouth in the ​meeting - I’m never going to live it down!

Question 5

Mikol is an alternate spelling for “Michael”.

Answer 5

alternate spelling

Question 6

this name has a nice ring to it.

Answer 6

if a word or idea has a ring to it, it sounds interesting or attractive (never in continuous tenses).