ESL January

Question 1

Up the street

Answer 1

down the street

Question 2

not immediately next to a street

Answer 2

It’s a set back from (a road or street)

Question 3

turn left

Answer 3

to hang a left

Question 4

slepa ulice

Answer 4

dead end

Question 5

diagonal corner

Answer 5

kitty-corner

Question 6

asi, okolo

Answer 6

give or take, more or less, approximately, roughly, about, around

Question 7

putting a little bit of oil on the wheels did the trick

Answer 7

It’ll do the trick!

Question 8

used

Answer 8

hand-me-down

Question 9

couch for 2 cose-marching people

Answer 9

love seat

Question 10

krize stredniho veku

Answer 10

mid-life crises

Question 11

to exchange ‘car’ for another

Answer 11

to trade in

Question 12

to start something

Answer 12

to trigger

Question 13

nestal jsem se IT boyem

Answer 13

I was passed over for the IT boy

Question 14

entirely, completely

Answer 14

altogether

Question 15

no longer useful useful

Answer 15

washed up

Question 16

chodit kolem horke kase

Answer 16

to beat around the bush

Question 17

independence

Answer 17

autonomy

Question 18

under my own control

Answer 18

self-directed

Question 19

to play or be lazy when one should be working

Answer 19

to slack off

Question 20

nervous and worried about sth in the future

Answer 20

apprehensive

Question 21

cooperative

Answer 21

collaborative

Question 22

afraid to take a chance

Answer 22

adverse to risk

Question 23

to do things that are unexpected

Answer 23

to challenge the status quo

Question 24

the ability and willingness to fulfill one’s promises

Answer 24

follow-through

Question 25

to be forgotten

Answer 25

to fall through the cracks

Question 26

to tell someone what he should do

Answer 26

to exercise authority

Question 27

to be in control of sth

Answer 27

to take charge

Question 28

extremely worried and nervous

Answer 28

to be stressed out

Question 29

to chat

Answer 29

to shoot the breeze

Question 30

looking dishonest

Answer 30

shifty

Question 31

a nosy person

Answer 31

busybody

Question 32

trying to avoid question

Answer 32

evasive

Question 33

deserving of something

Answer 33

entitled

Question 34

not to work properly

Answer 34

to act up

Question 35

to be able to manage a difficult situation

Answer 35

to cope

Question 36

very tired, exhausted

Answer 36

worn out

Question 37

to not be able to sleep

Answer 37

to loose sleep

Question 38

not surprising

Answer 38

no wonder

Question 39

worn out, no longer working correctly

Answer 39

shot

Question 40

to accept someone’s offer

Answer 40

to take (one) up on (sth)

Question 41

work against

Answer 41

counter

Question 42

sedet na turka

Answer 42

sit cross-legged