9B

Question 1

peculiar

Answer 1

unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way

Question 2

shrine

Answer 2

a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object

Question 3

sheltered upbringing

Answer 3

to have been as a child protected from harmful, unpleasant, or frightening experiences

Question 4

deprived (background)

Answer 4

not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions

Question 5

flee

Answer 5

to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear

Question 6

coup

Answer 6

a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by part of an army

Question 7

active service

Answer 7

to fight in the front in military

Question 8

broken home

Answer 8

divorced/ single-parent family

Question 9

close-knit

Answer 9

(about a group of people) to be close, to support each other

Question 10

scholarship

Answer 10

an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money

Question 11

rough around the edges

Answer 11

primitive

Question 12

come to terms with something

Answer 12

to learn to understand and accept something

Question 13

to have a memory like a sieve/ goldfish

Answer 13

to be forgetful

Question 14

give sth/ someone a wide berth

Answer 14

avoid someone/ sth

Question 15

get on like a house on fire

Answer 15

to get on very well and become friends very quickly

Question 16

to go/ sink like a lead balloon

Answer 16

to attract no support, attention, or interest

Question 17

sth went down well

Answer 17

sth was well received

Question 18

as different as night and day

Answer 18

very different, as different as possible

Question 19

dread to think

Answer 19

I’m looking forward to + ing opposite

Question 20

take sth out

Answer 20

to remove something from somewhere

Question 21

draw

Answer 21

to cause a substance, especially blood, to come out of a body

Question 22

contend

Answer 22

to compete in order to win something

Question 23

bone of contention

Answer 23

something that two people or groups cannot agree about

Question 24

assert

Answer 24

1-to say that something is certainly true

2-to do something to show that you have power

Question 25

get on/ along famously

Answer 25

get along extremely well

Question 26

get your head round/around sth

Answer 26

to manage to understand something

Question 27

take a toll

Answer 27

to cause harm or suffering

Question 28

brink

Answer 28

the point where a new, different, or dangerous situation is about to begin

Question 29

foster

Answer 29

1-to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings
2-to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child’s legal parent

Question 30

bar

Answer 30

to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to not allow something

Question 31

pull out of

Answer 31

to stop being involved in an activity

Question 32

up

Answer 32

to increase something such as a price

Question 33

hail

Answer 33

to publicly praise or show approval for a person or an achievement

Question 34

toll

Answer 34

1-an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances
2-the total number of bad things or amount of damage that happens as a result of something

Question 35

clash

Answer 35

to fight or argue or (about two opinions) to be very different from each other

Question 36

blast

Answer 36

to criticize someone or something severely

Question 37

blaze

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1-to make a new path or way by marking it so that others can follow
2-a large, strong fire

Question 38

haul

Answer 38

1-to pull something heavy slowly and with difficulty
2-to take something or someone somewhere, especially by force
3-a usually large amount of something that has been stolen or is illegal

Question 39

hail from somewhere

Answer 39

to come from or to have been born in a particular place