DECEMBER (INTERVIEW, SERIES)

Question 1

4 DIFFICULT TIME ____(somebody) ____something to come successfully to the end of an unpleasant experience or period of time, or to help someone do this
I don’t know how we’re going to ____ the winter.
It was their love that _______ those first difficult months.
5 TEST/COMPETITION ___ (somebody/something) _____ (something) to be successful in a test or competition, or to make sure that someone or something is successful
I finally managed to _____ my driving test.
I knew it was going to be difficult to ___ the car ___ its MOT test.

Answer 1

• get through
• got me through
• get through
• get the car through

Question 2

4 BEING ATTRACTIVE [uncountable] a quality that makes people like something or someone
What is the particular _____l of this island?
The programme has a very wide ______l
_____ for
The film has great__ for young audiences.
She’s definitely got sex____ (=she is sexually attractive).

Answer 2

ap‧peal1 /əˈpiːl/

Question 3

3 [not before noun] informal if you are ____ on something, you enjoy it very much and you want to do it as often as possible
____ on
I got____ on TV when I was sick.

Answer 3

hooked /hʊkt/ adjective

Question 4

expressing very severe pain
an ____ scream
From some place close by she heard ____ sobbing.

Answer 4

ag‧o‧nized (also agonised British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzd/ adjective
agonized
agonized

Question 5

worried about something
___ about
He was a bit ____ about the safety of the machinery.

Answer 5

anx‧ious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective

Question 6

showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it
___ about
The manager was very __ about everything.
She gave me an ____ smile.
look/sound apologetic
Dan came in looking very ._____.

Answer 6

a‧pol‧o‧get‧ic /əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk◂ $ əˌpɑː-/ ●○○ adjective

Question 7

using words in a clever and amusing way
____ remarks
Laura’s very ____.
► see thesaurus at funny

Answer 7

wit‧ty /ˈwɪti/ ●○○ adjective

Question 8

1 to show or tell people about a new product or plan for the first time
The club has ___ plans to build a new stadium.
2 to remove the cover from something, especially as part of a formal ceremony
The statue was ____ by the Queen.

Answer 8

un‧veil /ʌnˈveɪl/ ●○○ verb

unveiled

Question 9

a small fault in a machine or piece of equipment, that stops it working
a software _____

Answer 9

glitch /ɡlɪtʃ/ noun [countable]

Question 10

1 taboo a stupid and annoying person.

Do not use this word.

Answer 10

arse‧hole /ˈɑːshəʊl $ ˈɑːrshoʊl/

Question 11

1 to have a strong and very unpleasant smell

It ____ in here!

Answer 11

stink1 /stɪŋk/ ●●○

Question 12

2 weather that is ____ makes you feel uncomfortably hot, wet, and dirty SYN humid
It was hot and____ and there was nowhere to sit.

Answer 12

stick‧y /ˈstɪki/ ●●○ adjective

Question 13

to avoid talking about something unpleasant, or to say as little as possible about it SYN skirt
She _____ the details of her divorce.

Answer 13

gloss over something

glossed over

Question 14

1 having a strong taste or smell
___ smell/aroma/odour etc
the ___ odour of garlic

Answer 14

pun‧gent /ˈpʌndʒənt/ adjective

Question 15

slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying

‘But why?’ said Charles, being deliberately ___.

Answer 15

ob‧tuse /əbˈtjuːs $ -ˈtuːs/ adjective formal