C1 Vocabulary Part 2

Question 1

To get out of hand

Answer 1

Втрачати контроль над чимось

Question 2

To have one’s hands full

Answer 2

Бути зайнятим.
Julie’s have her’s hands full now so she can’t help us

Question 3

To give someone a hand

Answer 3

Допомагати комусь.
When Vivian was in a trouble, Mike gave her a hand

Question 4

To have at hand

Answer 4

Мати щось “під рукою”.
Do you have nails at hand now? I’m renovating my house so i need some

Question 5

To try somebody’s hand at

Answer 5

Спробувати щось нове.
Henry tried his hand at cooking yesterday. It was very good for the first try

Question 6

To caress

Answer 6

Пестити.
She caressed the girl’s forehead

Question 7

A foreplay

Answer 7

Прилюдія

Question 8

To take after

Answer 8

Бути схожим на когось.
John is taking after Michaela a little bit

Question 9

To take revenge on something

Answer 9

Помститися за щось.
Fiona destroyed Monica’s house of cards so she want to take revenge on it

Question 10

To take advantage of

Answer 10

Скористатись чимось.
He took advantage of a situation and applied for new job

Question 11

To take a hint

Answer 11

Розуміти натяк.
Victoria invited Mike to the cinema but he does not took a hint

Question 12

To promise the moon

Answer 12

Обіцяти неможливе.
Stop promising the moon to me and start making real actions

Question 13

To mock (mock)

Answer 13

Насміхатись, знущатись.
Іменник: несправжній, пробний

Question 14

In the nick of time

Answer 14

В найкоротші терміни,
Встигнути вчасно.
We arrived at the airport in the nick of time and made our flight

Question 15

A plum job

Answer 15

Легка робота з чудовою зарплатнею.
Mark has really landed a plum job. Now he can sit back, put his feet up and look forward to a happy retirement

Question 16

A flashback

Answer 16

Раптовий яскравий спогад з минулого.
Seeing her childhood home brought back a vivid flashback of her early years

Question 17

To be in hot water

Answer 17

Бути у проблемах.
The Minister was in hot water last week after admitting he lied about attending a controversial meeting

Question 18

To get along

Answer 18

Ладнати, подружитись.
Do you get along with your coleagues?

Question 19

To concur

Answer 19

Погоджуватись, дійти згоди.
The experts panel concurred with the findings of the research study

Question 20

To mitigate

Answer 20

Пом’якшити.
The government implemented new policies to mitigate the effects of climate change

Question 21

Skimpy

Answer 21

Мініатюрний, відкритий (одяг).
The actress wore a skimpy swimsuit for the beach scene in the movie

Question 22

On the high street

Answer 22

Масмаркет, те, що продається всюди.
You can find trendy dresses like this on the high street in many fashion boutiques

Question 23

Clingy

Answer 23

Тугий, обтягуючий одяг.
He wore a clingy, form-fitting shirt that highlighted his athletic physique

Question 24

Off the peg/rack

Answer 24

Масмаркет.
I bought this suit off the rack because i needed something quickly for the job interview