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Question 1

Plateau

Answer 1

toreachaparticularleveland thenstaythe same:

I’d beenlosingabout apoundaweekon mydiet, butrecentlyI’ve plateaued and haven’tlostanounce.

Question 2

Distinct

Answer 2

clearlyseparateand different:

The twolanguagesarequitedistinct from each other.

Question 3

Fleshed out

Answer 3

toaddmoredetailsorinformationto something:

Theseplansneed to be fleshed outwithsome morefigures.

Question 4

Concept

Answer 4

aprincipleoridea:

The conceptoffreespeechisunknownto them.

Question 5

Percept

Answer 5

anideaof what something is like that you get fromyoursenses:

Pain is acomplexpercept.

Theeyeprovidingthe morestablepercept is then, bydefinition, thedominanteye.

Question 6

Sneak up on someone

Answer 6

toapproachsomeonequietlyandsurprisethatperson:

Overton sneaked up behindBrownandknockedtheballout ofbounds

Question 7

Gaze upon ,at

Answer 7

tolookat something or someone for alongtime,especiallyinsurpriseoradmiration, or because you arethinkingabout somethingelse:

Annette gazedadmiringlyatWarren as hespoke.

Question 8

Cramp

Answer 8

a sudden painful tightening in a muscle, often after a lot of exercise, that limits movement:
Several runners needed treatment for cramp (US cramps) and exhaustion.
I’ve got cramp in my foot.
stomach cramps

Question 9

Dissaprove

Answer 9

to think that something is wrong, or to have a bad opinion about someone:
Some people disapproved of the School Board’s decision to have students wear uniforms.

Question 10

Knock up

Answer 10

To get someone pregnant.
Man, I really should’ve used a condom with her… I knocked her up!

Question 11

Wack

Answer 11

be of low or dubious quality. Origin: comes from ‘whacky’, which evolved to ‘whacked’ or ‘whacked out’. Eventually shortened to ‘wack’. The ‘h’ is usually dropped to differentiate the meaning from ‘whack’, which is to hit something hard or, kill (old wise guy terminology).
Yo, my dog, those shoes are wack

Question 12

Wacky

Answer 12

A word that means ‘crazy’, as in weird, different from others, silly or funny.
1. You are so wacky!
2. Have you heard of that wacky website

Question 13

Stich up

Answer 13

to join the two sides of something with stitches, for example torn clothing or a deep cut, or to treat someone who has a deep cut by doing this:
I’ve ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?

Question 14

Stiched up

Answer 14

to make (an innocent person) appear to be guilty of a crime : frame. They stitched him up for murder.

Question 15

Lim

Answer 15

A lim female means sweet cute and innocent. If someone says you’re lim, you are normally a woman or a girl. It also means you are attractive since most men like sweet women.
That girl Layla is so lim! She’s the sweetest in the world.

Question 16

Disclose

Answer 16

to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden:
The company has disclosed profits of over £200 million. Расскрыть

Reveal

Question 17

Lure

Answer 17

to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.

Trick someone into doing something

Question 18

Swirl

Answer 18

to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this:
The fog swirled thickly around us.

Кружится

Question 19

Deminish

Answer 19

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:
I don’t want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.

Question 20

Host

Answer 20

a person who introduces guests and performers, especially on television or radio:
Our host for tonight’s show is Jimmy Fallon

to be the host for guests or for a special event:
Which country is hosting the next Olympics?

Организовать организатор

Question 21

Alleviate

Answer 21

to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe:
The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.

Reduce relieve

Question 22

Huddle

Answer 22

to come close together in a group, for example because it is cold:
Employees huddled round television sets at the company headquarters.

to sit or stand in a bent position with your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear:
Sophie was so frightened by the noise of the fireworks that she huddled (up) in a corner of the room.

Question 23

Obscure

Answer 23

not clear and difficult to understand or see:
Official policy has changed, for reasons that remain obscure.

to prevent something from being seen or heard:
Two new skyscrapers had sprung up, obscuring the view from her window.
The sun was obscured by clouds.

Question 24

Distortion

Answer 24

a change to the intended or true meaning of something:
a gross distortion of the facts

Question 25

Distort

Answer 25

to twist (see twist entry 1 sense 3b) out of the true meaning or proportion

Exagerrat

to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean:
She accused her opponent of distorting the truth.

Question 26

Grip grasp

Answer 26

What is the difference between grasp and grip?

Grip - You might even already have your hand on the object. eg As the plane landed, Mary gripped Tom’s hand. There’s a suggestion of ‘firmness, strength’.

Grasp - Suggests, in most cases, that your hand was not originally on the object. Also suggests slowness, deliberateness, rather than speed.

Question 27

Heuristic

Answer 27

of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things

Question 28

Pick choose

Answer 28

Pick” has more emphasis on pointing or making some physical selection, whereas “choose” has more emphasis on making a mental decision and choosing a course of action rather.

Question 29

Grasp

Answer 29

to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly:
Rosie suddenly grasped my hand.

Question 30

Perenial

Answer 30

lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time:
The film “White Christmas” is a perennial favourite.

We face the perennial problem of not having enough money.

Question 31

Save up

Answer 31

to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future:
It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.

Question 32

Contrived

Answer 32

artificial and difficult to believe:
I enjoyed the film, but felt the ending was a bit contrived

too obviously designed to produce a particular result, and therefore not seeming to happen naturally:
The movie’s plot was much too contrived.

Question 33

Contrive

Answer 33

to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning:
Couldn’t you contrive a meeting between them? I think they’d really like each other.

Умудрятся ухитристяс

Question 34

Impose

Answer 34

to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living:
I don’t want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.

to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them:
Are you sure it’s all right for me to come tonight? I don’t want to impose.

Навязывать

Question 35

Fuzzy

Answer 35

(of an image) having shapes that do not have clear edges, or (of a sound, especially from a television, radio, etc.) not clear, usually because of other unwanted noises making it difficult to hear:
Is the picture always fuzzy on your TV?
You can pick up a lot of stations on the car radio but the sound is usually sort of fuzzy.

Question 36

Sneak up on someone,sneak iut of somewhere

Answer 36

The teenagers sneaked out of the house after dark.

to go somewhere secretly, or to take someone or something somewhere secretly:
I managed to sneak in through the back door while she wasn’t looking.

Question 37

Proclaim

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to announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive:
All the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance.

Question 38

Dissect

Answer 38

to cut open something, especially a dead body or a plant, and study its structure:
In biology classes we used to dissect rats

Question 39

Resurect

Answer 39

to bring someone back to life:
Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.

to bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended:
Several members of the party have resurrected the idea of constitutional change.

Question 40

Revive

Answer 40

to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use:
to revive someone’s hopes/confidence/fortunes

Question 41

Shard

Answer 41

a piece of a broken glass, cup, container, or similar object:
Shards of glass have been cemented into the top of the wall to stop people climbing over.

Question 42

Trivial

Answer 42

having little value or importance:
The story spends too much time on trivial matters.

A trivial problem is easy to solve:
Getting computers to understand human language is not a trivial problem

Question 43

Resent

Answer 43

to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like:
She bitterly resented her father’s new wife