EN Words

Question 1

patronising

Answer 1

talking in a way that implies you are more intelligent or important than the other person

Question 2

supportive

Answer 2

giving help or encouragement, especially to somebody who is in a difficult situation

Question 3

tactful

Answer 3

behaving in a way not likely to embarrass or upset other people

Question 4

to close up

Answer 4

to refuse to talk about something

Question 5

to drop hints

Answer 5

to suggest something to somebody without telling them directly

Question 6

to keep/lose your cool

Answer 6

maintain/fail to maintain a calm and controlled attitude

Question 7

tone down

Answer 7

to make something less severe, forceful, shocking or offensive; to make a colour, flavour etc of something less strong. E.g. tone down your behaviour = to calm down

Question 8

be uptight

Answer 8

reserved, stressed, tensioned, unable to relax (crispat)

Question 9

be laid-back

Answer 9

relaxed and easy-going

Question 10

to bottle up (your feelings)

Answer 10

to suppress something, especially emotions, and not express or reveal them E.g. If you keep bottling up what you’re thinking, we’ll never be able to help you. I was angry but I bottled my feelings up.

Question 11

to face facts

Answer 11

to accept that a difficult situation exists

Question 12

to get defensive

Answer 12

to act as if somebody is criticizing you when they are not

Question 13

to mind your own business

Answer 13

to not ask questions about something which doesn’t concern you

Question 14

to pull yourself together

Answer 14

to force yourself to stop behaving in a nervous, frightened or uncontrolled way

Question 15

to resent

Answer 15

to feel angry or upset about a situation or about something that somebody has done, especially because you think that it is not fair.

Craig resented the fact that his girlfriend didn’t trust him.

Question 16

to speak out

Answer 16

to publicly speak in protest about something, especially when protesting could be dangerous

Question 17

to hang around

Answer 17

to wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing

Question 18

to die down

Answer 18

if something dies down, it become less strong, active or violent

Question 19

to move away

Answer 19

to go to live in a different area

Question 20

to see somebody off

Answer 20

to go to an airport, train station, etc. to say goodbye to somebody

Question 21

to chat away

Answer 21

to talk in a friendly informal way for a long time, especially about things that are not important

Question 22

to eat up

Answer 22

to eat all of something

Question 23

to be around

Answer 23

to be present in a situation or place for a while

Question 24

to catch up with

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to improve and reach the same standard as others

Question 25

to conform to expectations

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to be similar to what people expect or think is usual

Question 26

bold

Answer 26

not afraid of taking risks

Question 27

to build something from scratch

Answer 27

to start something without using anything that existed or was prepared before

Question 28

to keep up with

Answer 28

to increase at the same speed and by the same amount as something else

Question 29

to backfire

Answer 29

to have the opposite effect to the one intended

Question 30

to be heavily regulated

Answer 30

to have strict rules controlling an activity or process

Question 31

to be left out

Answer 31

to not be included in something

Question 32

To make