English word pack 06

Question 1

to go past

Answer 1

pass by

Question 2

to emerge

Answer 2

to appear from somewhere or come out of somewhere

Question 3

lofty

Answer 3

high (ceiling, ideas, etc.)

Question 4

to claim one’s life

Answer 4

to take one’s life

Question 5

shy of

Answer 5

almost, but less than

Question 6

to outstrip

Answer 6

When one amount outstrips another amount, it is much greater than it.

Question 7

hurdle

Answer 7

A problem or difficulty that you have to deal with in order to be able to make progress

Question 8

to venture

Answer 8

To participate a new activity that may not be successful.

Question 9

to lag behind

Answer 9

to move more slowly than someone or something else so that you are behind them

Question 10

to miss out

Answer 10

to not do or have something that you would enjoy or something that other people do or have

Question 11

in rags

Answer 11

in torned and tattered clothes

Question 12

stiff

Answer 12

hard and difficult to bend

Question 13

livid

Answer 13

very angry

Question 14

dignitary

Answer 14

someone with an important, official position

Question 15

cling

Answer 15

to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you are frightened

Question 16

a shoulder to cry on

Answer 16

someone who gives you sympathy when you are upset

Question 17

to be in floods of tears

Answer 17

to weep heavily

Question 18

to have the last laugh

Answer 18

to finally get an advantage from an argument or disagreement, when it seemed that you would not

Question 19

to cry your eyes out

Answer 19

If someone cries their eyes out, they cry a lot about a problem or situation.

Question 20

to be bored to tears

Answer 20

to feel very bored

Question 21

be no laughing matter

Answer 21

If a subject is no laughing matter, it is serious and not something that people should joke about.

Question 22

to burst out laughing

Answer 22

to suddenly start laughing

Question 23

to burst into tears

Answer 23

to suddenly start crying

Question 24

to laugh your head off

Answer 24

die of laughing

Question 25

to be close to tears

Answer 25

near to start crying

Question 26

to linger

Answer 26

to stay somewhere for a long time

Question 27

erratically

Answer 27

often changing suddenly and not regular

Question 28

recession

Answer 28

a time when the economy of a country is not successful

Question 29

feeble

Answer 29

extremely weak

Question 30

struggling

Answer 30

fighting against difficulties

Question 31

limelight

Answer 31

attention from the public

Question 32

to look up to

Answer 32

to respect and admire someone

Question 33

to snoop

Answer 33

to spy after

Question 34

to impede

Answer 34

to make more difficult

Question 35

surveillance

Answer 35

when someone is watched carefully, especially by the police or army, because they are expected to do something wrong

Question 36

soot

Answer 36

a black powder produced when coal, wood, etc is burnt

Question 37

to relish

Answer 37

to enjoy something

Question 38

tyke

Answer 38

a child who behaves badly in a way that is funny rather than serious

Question 39

outcast

Answer 39

someone who is not accepted by society because they are different to most other people

Question 40

cuff

Answer 40

the bottom part of a sleeve that goes around your wrist

Question 41

to bust

Answer 41

to break or damage something

Question 42

spree

Answer 42

a short period when someone does a lot of shopping/spending, etc

Question 43

to thrust

Answer 43

to push something somewhere suddenly and with force

Question 44

overnight

Answer 44

for or during the night

Question 45

to endorse

Answer 45

to say publicly that you support a person or action

Question 46

to be puzzled by

Answer 46

to be confused about smth because you do not understand something

Question 47

to be phased out

Answer 47

to be gradually less used

Question 48

long-lasting

Answer 48

continuing for a long period of time

Question 49

to fluctuate

Answer 49

to keep changing, especially in level or amount

Question 50

to step in

Answer 50

to become involved in a difficult situation in order to help

Question 51

to assert

Answer 51

to behave or speak in a strong, confident way

Question 52

thesaurus

Answer 52

a book in which words with similar meanings are put together in groups

Question 53

manic

Answer 53

behaving in an excited and uncontrolled way

Question 54

scarcely

Answer 54

only just

Question 55

lid

Answer 55

the top part of a container that can be removed in order to put something in or take something out

Question 56

to ad-lib

Answer 56

to do something without preparation or planning

Question 57

mesmerize

Answer 57

to have someone's attention completely so that they cannot think of anything else

Question 58

tattered

Answer 58

old and badly torn

Question 59

to get to the bottom of

Answer 59

to discover the truth about a situation

Question 60

scheming

Answer 60

to make a secret plan in order to get an advantage, usually by deceiving people

Question 61

scheming woman

Answer 61

intrigante

Question 62

relapse

Answer 62

when someone becomes ill again after a period of feeling better

Question 63

to earmark

Answer 63

to decide that something, especially money, will be used for a particular purpose

Question 64

to steep in

Answer 64

If something or someone is steeped in something, they are completely surrounded by or involved in it, or know a lot about it

Question 65

allged

Answer 65

believed to be true, but not proved

Question 66

to take in

Answer 66

to understand something

Question 67

dizziness

Answer 67

a temporary feeling that your sense of balance is not good and that you may fall down

Question 68

to put out

Answer 68

to make something that is burning stop burning

Question 69

to douse

Answer 69

to pour a lot of liquid over someone or something

Question 70

chariot

Answer 70

a vehicle with two wheels that was used in races and fights in ancient times and was pulled by a horse

Question 71

earth-shattering

Answer 71

extremely important or very surprising

Question 72

to cost the earth

Answer 72

to cost an extremely large amount of money

Question 73

floorboard

Answer 73

a long, narrow, flat board that forms part of a wooden floor in a building

Question 74

to be on top of the world

Answer 74

to be very happy

Question 75

to be out of this world

Answer 75

to be of extremely good quality

Question 76

to think the world of sb

Answer 76

to like and admire someone very much

Question 77

to be grounded

Answer 77

If a vehicle that travels on water or in the air is grounded, it cannot or may not leave the ground.

Question 78

to get off the ground

Answer 78

If a plan or activity gets off the ground, or if you get it off the ground, it starts or succeeds.

Question 79

to keep feet on the ground

Answer 79

to be very practical and see things as they really are

Question 80

to deplore

Answer 80

to feel or express strong disapproval of something

Question 81

to sack

Answer 81

to tell someone to leave their job, usually because they have done something wrong

Question 82

out of the blue

Answer 82

smth happened unexpectedly

Question 83

nifty

Answer 83

well-designed and effective

Question 84

interlocutor

Answer 84

someone who is involved in a conversation and who is representing someone else

Question 85

to go round

Answer 85

to visit someone for a short time, usually without arranging it before

Question 86

ghastly

Answer 86

very bad or unpleasant

Question 87

to be drawn

Answer 87

to be attracted to see smth

Question 88

to break away

Answer 88

to suddenly leave or escape from someone who is holding you

Question 89

binge

Answer 89

when you eat or drink too much or spend too much money in shops

Question 90

to get hold of

Answer 90

to obtain something, or to manage to speak to someone

Question 91

adrift

Answer 91

when boat is adrift it floats around in the water and is not tied to anything

Question 92

to be emaciated

Answer 92

to be very thin and weak because of being ill or not eating enough food

Question 93

harrowing

Answer 93

making you feel extremely frightened or upset

Question 94

to outlive

Answer 94

to continue living or existing after someone or something else has died or stopped existing

Question 95

dejected

Answer 95

unhappy and disappointed

Question 96

to set off

Answer 96

to start a journey

Question 97

to gain strength

Answer 97

to gather energies

Question 98

to crack jokes

Answer 98

to tell a joke

Question 99

detour

Answer 99

a different, longer route to a place that is used to avoid something or to visit something

Question 100

minced beef

Answer 100

ground beef, hamburger