Day 38

Question 1

Potentially

Answer 1

possibly:
- Hepatitis is a potentially fatal disease.
- This crisis is potentially the most serious in the organization’s history.

Question 2

Frenetic

Answer 2

involving a lot of excited movement or activity:
- After weeks of frenetic activity, the job was finally finished.
- There was frenetic trading on the Stock Exchange yesterday.

Question 3

Validity

Answer 3

based on truth or reason; able to be accepted:
- a valid argument/criticism/reason
- My way of thinking might be different from yours, but it’s equally valid.

Question 4

Curfew

Answer 4

a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble:
- to impose/lift a curfew
- a midnight curfew
- He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.

Question 5

Stance

Answer 5

a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion:
- The doctor’s stance on the issue of abortion is well known.

Question 6

Decay

Answer 6

to become gradually damaged, worse, or less; to cause something to do this:
- Sugar makes your teeth decay.
- The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time.
- Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
- the smell of decaying meat

Question 7

For the record

Answer 7

something that you say before you tell someone something important that you want them to remember:
- And, just for the record, we were never any more than good friends.

Question 8

Inch towards

Answer 8

to be interested in something and be likely to do a particular activity:
- She’s not sure what she wants to do, but she’s leaning towards medicine.

Question 9

Unsettling

Answer 9

causing worry or anxiety:
- One of the documentary’s many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father’s gun.

Question 10

Jerks

Answer 10

to make a short sudden movement, or to cause someone or something to do this:
- The car made a strange noise and then jerked to a halt.
- “What’s wrong?” she asked, jerking her head up.

to (force or cause someone or something to) suddenly behave differently, usually by - understanding something or becoming active again:
- The shock of losing his job jerked him out of his settled lifestyle.

Question 11

Kooky

Answer 11

AMERICAN
a strange or crazy person:
- There’s some kook outside who says he’s your long-lost brother.

Question 12

Ripped off

Answer 12

to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something:
- Bob’s tickets cost much less than ours - I think we’ve been ripped off.