English 7

Question 1

Get by

Answer 1

survive e.g. I just have enough money to get by

Question 2

put sth off

Answer 2

to decide or arrange to” delay” an event or activity until a later time or date e.g. The meeting has been put off for a week.

Question 3

put up with sth/sb

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to accept or continue to “accept an unpleasant situation” or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly
e.g.I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.

Question 4

Turn down

Answer 4

reject e.g. He was turned down twice

Question 5

cut down ( on sugars)/ cut back

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to reduce e.g. I’m trying to cut down on sugars but it’s so hard around the holidays

Question 6

cut sb down

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to make a person look stupid e.g. the bully cut her down by making fun of her

Question 7

cut sb down to size

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to show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think e.g. Someone should cut that man down to size!

Question 8

cut up

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to cut into pieces

Question 9

cutup

Answer 9

a funny guy

Question 10

is cut up for …

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very upset e.g. she is cut up for losing her job

Question 11

cut across

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to effect different groups e.g. news of the merger cut across all the departments

Question 12

cut away ( to a different scene)

Answer 12

切到別的畫面

Question 13

plateau

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(n) (NO CHANGE) a period during which there are no large changes . e.g.The US death rate “reached a plateau” in the 1960s, before declining suddenly, (v)to reach a particular level and then stay the same . e.g. The economic slowdown has caused our sales to plateau.

Question 14

the gist

Answer 14

(n) the most” important pieces of information” about something, or general information without details . e.g I think I got (= understood) the gist of what she was saying.

Question 15

cramp sb’s style

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(n) to “prevent” someone from “having a good time”, especially by going somewhere with them

Question 16

blow it

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to “fail” to take advantage of an opportunity by doing or “saying something wrong” . e.g. I really blew it when I turned down that job offer, didn’t I?

Question 17

feel it in your bones

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to “believe something strongly”although you cannot explain why . e.g.It’s going to be a good summer - I can feel it in my bones

Question 18

to know the drill

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to know how “something is done” : to be familiar with a regular process, procedure, etc. e.g.
You don’t have to tell us what to do. We all know the drill by now.

Question 19

keep up the good work, good job

Answer 19

辛苦了

Question 20

thank you ! i really appreciate it, i couldn’t have done it without you

Answer 20

謝謝你的幫忙，辛苦了

Question 21

Don’t take this the wrong way, with all due respect

Answer 21

no offense

Question 22

to run out of

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To have no more of something e.g I run out of time to make breakfast

Question 23

To Put off

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To postpone something. E.g I don’t like shopping so I put off going to the shop

Question 24

hold up

Answer 24

(N) delay

Question 25

to give in

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To admit defeat , to stop fighting e.g. I used to get annoyed about it but now I just give in.

Question 26

close/seal the deal

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to make an “agreement” official . e.g. We were about to close/seal the deal when we realized that there was a mistake in the contract.

Question 27

to be about to

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To intend to. e.g I think he’s about to leave

Question 28

To be for

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To agree with, to support. e.g are you for or against zoo?

Question 29

Be in for

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to be “certain to get” or have; to be about to experience something unpleasant • If he thought she had forgotten the painful humiliation he had caused her the previous year, he was in for a big surprise.

Question 30

heartfelt

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(adj)strongly felt and sincere . e.g.heartfelt relief

Question 31

one of a kind

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the “only” person or thing of a particular type

Question 32

grouch

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(v) to “complain” in an angry way

Question 33

fiddlesticks

Answer 33

used to “express disagreement” or to say that something is nonsense

Question 34

bugger

Answer 34

used to express “anger”

Question 35

bollocks

Answer 35

nonsense . e.g. Bollocks to that (= that’s nonsense)

Question 36

sensation

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(n) (FEELING) the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical feeling that results from this ability . e.g. a burning sensation

Question 37

no shit!

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an expression of “surprise”, often used as a joke when someone has told you something that is very obvious . e.g. “This is hard work!” “No shit!”

Question 38

no shit sherlock

Answer 38

of course dumbass!

Question 39

snip

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(v) to “cut “something with scissors, usually with small, quick cuts . e.g. Have you seen the scissors? I want to snip off this loose thread.

Question 40

hold your horses

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used to tell someone to” stop and consider” carefully their decision or opinion about something . e.g.Just hold your horses, Bill! Let’s think about this for a moment.

Question 41

placid

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(adj) having a “calm” appearance or characteristics: e.g. a slow-moving and placid river

Question 42

gushing

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(adj) (fake positive) expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere .

Question 43

egghead

Answer 43

(n) a person, especially a man, who is very clever and interested only in studying and other mental activities
syn : academic

Question 44

flake

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(n) a person who does not seem to pay attention and is sometimes “silly”

Question 45

no biggie

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not a big deal

Question 46

waggle

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(v) to (cause to) move quickly up and down or from side to side . e.g. He can waggle his ears. syn : shake, swing

Question 47

cynical

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(adj) believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not “ sincere” . e.g. She has a pretty cynical view of men.

Question 48

a bitter pill (to swallow)

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something that is very “unpleasant” but must be accepted: e.g. Losing to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow

Question 49

frazzled

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(adj) extremely “tired” in a nervous or slightly worried way after a lot of mental or physical effort . e.g. It was a stressful day at work and by 5.00 I was completely frazzled.

Question 50

maternity

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(n) the state of being a “mother”

Question 51

jeopardize

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(v) to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being “harmed” or damaged . e.g. She knew that by failing her finals she could jeopardize her whole future.

Question 52

pull a fast one

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to successfully “deceive” someone . e.g. You paid too much - I think he pulled a fast one on you

Question 53

pull through (sth)

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to “become well again” after a serious illness, especially when you might have died . e.g. They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to pull through.

Question 54

fortify

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(v) to make something “stronger”, especially in order to protect it: e.g.He fortified himself with a drink and a sandwich before driving on.

Question 55

be on the cards

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to be likely to “happen” . e.g.”So you think they’ll get married next year?” “I think it’s on the cards.”

Question 56

midwife

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(n) a person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are “giving birth”

Question 57

gabble

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(v)to speak quickly and “not clearly” so that it is difficult to understand e.g. She started gabbling away at me in Spanish and I didn’t understand a word.

Question 58

blabber

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(v) to “talk a lot”, especially in a way people find annoying or embarrassing e.g.He’s always blabbering “on about”computers.

Question 59

(and) that sort of thing

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used to show that what you have just said is only an “example” from a much larger group of things e.g. They sell souvenirs, postcards, that sort of thing.

Question 60

sort

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(v) (deal with) to deal with something by repairing or organizing it e.g.Can you sort the car by tomorrow?

Question 61

run in the same circles

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means that you go to similar places and know similar people as someone else

Question 62

enduring

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(adj) existing for a long time . e.g. the enduring appeal of cartoons

Question 63

overdue

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(adj) “not done” or happening when expected or when needed; late . e.g. My library books are a week overdue.

Question 64

All Good in the Hood

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everything is good

Question 65

ransom

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(n) a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal . 贖金 e.g. They demanded a huge ransom for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped.

Question 66

fivefold

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(adj) “five times as big “or as much e.g. a fivefold rise in share prices

Question 67

malicious

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(adj) “intended to harm “or upset other people e.g.

He complained that he’d been receiving malicious phone calls.

Question 68

breach

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(v) (BREAK PROMISE/RULE)to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship e.g. They breached the agreement they had made with their employer.

Question 69

wrongdoing

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(N) a bad or an “illegal” action e.g .She has strenuously denied any criminal wrongdoing.

Question 70

muffled

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(adj) A muffled sound is “quiet or not clear” e.g.I could hear muffled voices next door but couldn’t make out any words.

Question 71

hedge your bets

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to protect yourself against loss by “supporting more than one” possible result or both sides in a competition e.g. They’re hedging their bets and keeping up contacts with both companies.

Question 72

one of the boys

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a typical male e.g. He plays baseball, drinks a lot of beer and generally acts like one of the boys.

Question 73

confiscate

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to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it’s returned to the owner 沒收 e.g. Miss Edwards confiscated my phone!

Question 74

plushy

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a soft toy

Question 75

afflict

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If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they” suffer “from it . e.g. It is an illness that afflicts women more than men.

Question 76

redress

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(v) to “put right” a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done . e.g. Most managers, politicians and bosses are men - how can women redress the balance (= make the situation fairer and more equal)?

Question 77

ballot

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(n) a system or occasion of “secret voting” 無記名投票. e.g. Representatives were elected by ballot.

Question 78

harbinger

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(n) a person or thing that shows that something is going to “happen soon”, especially something “bad” 預兆 e.g. a harbinger of doom

Question 79

swell (up)

Answer 79

(v) to become “larger” and rounder than usual; to (cause to) increase in size or amount . e.g. It was obvious she had broken her toe, because it immediately started to swell (up).

Question 80

go hand in hand with sth

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If something goes hand in hand with something else, it is closely related to it and “happens at the same time” as it or as a result of it . e.g. Prosperity goes hand in hand with investment.

Question 81

retention

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(n) the “continued use”, existence, or possession of something or someone . e.g. Two influential senators have argued for the retention of the unpopular tax.

Question 82

acquisition

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(n) the process of getting something . e.g.Language acquisition (= learning a language without being taught) starts at a very young age.

Question 83

takeaway

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(n) (information) a “main message” or piece of information that you learn from something you hear or read . e.g. The takeaway from the conference was how competitive the tourism industry has become.

Question 84

reassuring

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(adj) making you feel “less worried” . e.g. He smiled at me in a reassuring way.

Question 85

be going places

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to behave or work in a way that shows you will “soon become successful” . e.g. Although it was a young company, it was obvious that it was going places.

Question 86

something will happen when the dust settles

Answer 86

you mean that a situation will be “clearer” after it has calmed down.

Question 87

decay

Answer 87

(v) to become “gradually damaged” , worse, or less; to cause something to do this . e.g. Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.

Question 88

ambient

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(adj) (especially of environmental conditions) existing in the surrounding area:

Question 89

moot

Answer 89

(adj) often discussed or argued about but having “no definite answer” . e.g. It’s a “moot point “whether building more roads reduces traffic congestion.

Question 90

expectant

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(adj) thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to” happen” . e.g. the children’s expectant faces

Question 91

tuft ( of hair )

Answer 91

(N) 一搓 （頭髮）

Question 92

cogent

Answer 92

(adj) A cogent argument, reason, etc. “is clearly expressed” and persuades people to believe it.

Question 93

exemplary

Answer 93

(adj) very good and suitable to be copied by other people:楷模 e.g. His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.

Question 94

have had it

Answer 94

to be in such a bad condition that it is not useful or (of a person, team, etc.) to” be doing so badly” that they are certain to fail . e.g. Liverpool have had it for this season.

Question 95

free muffin it

Answer 95

The act of a woman not wearing underwear

Question 96

(mix and) mingle

Answer 96

1. to mix . The excitement of starting a new job is always mingled with a certain apprehension. 2. to be with or among other people, esp. talking to them . e.g. He seems to be mingling with the other guests.

Question 97

nonpartisan

Answer 97

(adj) not a member of or connected with a group or political party . 無黨籍 e.g.a nonpartisan organization/voter/watchdog group

Question 98

sensational headlines

Answer 98

聳動的標題

Question 99

get around something

Answer 99

to find a way of “dealing” with or avoiding a problem . e.g. The committee is looking for ways to get around the funding problem.

Question 100

how come?

Answer 100

used to ask how or “why” something has happened . e.g. So how come you missed the train?