chance and nature

Question 1

chance upon

Answer 1

• find or see sth when you did not expect to

Question 2

come across

Answer 2

-meet someone or find sth by chance

Question 3

cool down

Answer 3

-become cooler, or make sth cooler

Question 4

cut back (on)

Answer 4

• reduce the amount of sth, especially money that you spend

Question 5

become weaker and less common and then dissaper completely

Answer 5

die out

Question 6

remove sth from under the ground by digging; find information by looking carefully

Answer 6

dig up

Question 7

dry up

Answer 7

if sth dries up, all the water comes out of it;stop being available

Question 8

get through

Answer 8

use or finish sth; manage to deal with sth alive until it is over

Question 9

make sth hot; become hot

Answer 9

heat up

Question 10

kill off

Answer 10

destroy living things so thata are all of them dead

Question 11

put down to

Answer 11

you think it has happend for a particular reason

Question 12

make a careless mistake

Answer 12

slip-up

Question 13

appear or be produced suddenly and quickly

Answer 13

spring up

Question 14

store up

Answer 14

keep a lot of things so that you can use it later; do sth that will cause problems in the future

Question 15

throw out

Answer 15

get rid of sth that you no longer want

Question 16

throw up

Answer 16

produce sth new or unexpected