Body

Question 1

To crouch

Answer 1

to sit legs bent under you.
Soldiers in camouflage crouched silently in the bushes.

Question 2

to curl up

Answer 2

to be in a rounded shape
The cat was curled up on the sofa.

Question 3

to duck

Answer 3

lower the head.
If he hadn’t ducked, the ball would have hit in square in the face.

Question 4

to fidget

Answer 4

constantly move your hands or feet.
Children often fidget when they are bored.

Question 5

To flinch

Answer 5

make a sudden small movement.
Try not to flinch, I am going to put a small drop in your eyes.

Question 6

to frown

Answer 6

lower your eyebrows.
He frowned in frustation.

Question 7

to kneel

Answer 7

to bend your legs.
He knelt before the Queen to be knighted.

Question 8

to nod

Answer 8

move the head up and down.
Everyone nodded in agreement.

Question 9

to nudge

Answer 9

to gentily push your arm.
He nudged his arm, and said look it is Elton John over there.

Question 10

to shiver

Answer 10

shake on cold.
He forgot his coat and was shivering.

Question 11

to shudder

Answer 11

all body shake
Mr. Toddy shuddered when heard about the surgery.

Question 12

to tremble

Answer 12

body shake.
I was so scared that I couldn’t stop trembling.

Question 13

bloodcurdling scream

Answer 13

very frightening.

Question 14

eye-catching

Answer 14

attractive

Question 15

first-hand

Answer 15

own experience.
I have first-hand experience of work from home.

Question 16

hair-raising

Answer 16

very frightening.
It was one of the most hair-raising rides I’ve ever been on.

Question 17

head-on

Answer 17

collision
The car he was driving was involved in a head-on with a lorry.

Question 18

light-hearted

Answer 18

funny, not very serious.
light-hearted film/book.

Question 19

mouth-watering

Answer 19

food that smells good.
A shop full of mouth-watering cakes.

Question 20

nail-biting

Answer 20

very dramatic

Question 21

narrow-minded

Answer 21

radical - opp. broad-minded
I am very broad-minded and accept my own default very easily.

Question 22

well-thumbed

Answer 22

read several times.
A good book has its pages well-thumbed.

Question 23

not to bat an eyelid

Answer 23

not show surprise.

Question 24

to clear your throat

Answer 24

to cough in order to speak.
He stood up, cleared his throat and started to speak.

Question 25

to clench your fist

Answer 25

He clenched his fists and started to punch me.

Question 26

to cross your legs

Answer 26

In the airplane, I hadn’t enough room to cross my legs.

Question 27

to flex your muscles

Answer 27

to show your muscles.
The strong men started to flex his muscles.

Question 28

to fold your arms

Question 29

to grit your teeth, to clench your teeth.

Answer 29

close the teeth very tight.