ASPIRE

Question 1

aim or intend to do smth

Answer 1

set out

намереваться, иметь целью

She drew up a grandiose statement of what her organization should set out to achieve

Question 2

prepare a plan, agreement, or other document in detail

Answer 2

draw smth up

составить, выработать

they instructed an attorney to draw up a sales agreement

Question 3

make or become stronger

Answer 3

build up

• we build ourselves up with fantastical stories
• we built up confidence in our abilities

подбадривать
укреплять, усиливать

Question 4

make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound

Answer 4

fizzle

тихо шипеть; гаснуть, не успев разгореться; потерпеть неудачу

• the lights / kindling wood fizzled and flickered (мерцать);
• He started to say, but then he fizzled out and simply sat there looking tired.”

Question 5

1. hand over to smb
2. go on
3. move on to another subject

Answer 5

pass on

1. hand over to smb
   He passed the book on to his wife.
   передавать дальше
2. go on
   He bowed and passed on.
   Pass on, please!”
   проходить дальше
3. move on to another subject
   They passed on to the second item on the agenda.
   переходить к другому вопросу

Phrase: Pass on to smo some advice
дать совет

Question 6

start taking care of smb

Answer 6

take under the wing

His father died when he was very young and he was taken under the wing of a wise older man.

Question 7

1. pay a visit to smo

2. demand that smo do smth

Answer 7

call upon / on
pay a visit to smo
1. he’s planning to call on Katherine today.
навестить

2. he called on the government to hold a vote
   demand that smo do smth
   требовать от

You can call upon me for any assistance I can provide.

Question 8

direct all one’s attention to (achieving smth)

Answer 8

set / put one’s mind to
бросить все силы на

She’d have made an excellent dancer, if she’d have put her mind to it.

Question 9

1. to use the best advantage

2. represent at its best

Answer 9

make the most of smth
to use the best advantage
1. He was eager to make the most of his visit.
воспользоваться сполна

represent at its best
2. how to make the most of your features
представить в наилучшем свете

Question 10

extinguish (a candle or flame)

Answer 10

snuff

a breeze snuffed out the candle
задуть

Question 11

1. hinder, restrain or prevent (an action or process)

2. prevent of prohibit (smo) from doing smth

Answer 11

1-hinder, restrain or prevent (an action or process)
cold inhibits plant growth
Our ego inhibits our personal growth.

2-prevent of prohibit (smo) from doing smth
inhibit from doing smth
the earnings rule inhibited some retired people from working

Question 12

smth which begins promisingly but does not last (refers to priming (воспламенение) of old guns)

Answer 12

flash in the pan

If you want to be more than a flash in the pan, you must be prepared to focus on the long term.