ESLPOD [069;070;071]

Question 1

nervous feelings felt by performers before they appear in front of an audience

Answer 1

stage fright

Question 2

a nervous feeling in one’s stomach.

Answer 2

butterflies in stomach/give someone butterflies

Question 3

somebody or something that clicks, especially a remote control or a counting device

Answer 3

clicker

Question 4

to move forward and toward someone or something; to make something such as a movie or videotape move forward

Answer 4

advance (the slides)

Question 5

to quickly look through a magazine or book, or to quickly look at several different television programs

Answer 5

flip through

Question 6

a printed circle, square, etc. before each thing on a list in order to emphasize it

Answer 6

bullet point

Question 7

in a way that is not gentle

Answer 7

roughly

Question 8

the same as

Answer 8

no worse than most

Question 9

cost someone

Answer 9

set someone back

Question 10

to cheat someone, especially by charging them too much money for something

Answer 10

rip off

Question 11

in an honest way

Answer 11

be straight with

Question 12

to get something ready to use that you have not used for a long time

Answer 12

dust off

Question 13

of financial obligations on which interest is paid

Answer 13

interest-bearing

Question 14

the amount of money that someone owes their bank when they have spent more money than they had in their account; an amount your bank allows you to borrow when you have no money left in your account

Answer 14

overdraft

Question 15

business activities in which banks and other financial institutions make money by lending money to other organizations

Answer 15

money market

Question 16

to finish doing something, especially something difficult or unpleasant

Answer 16

get sth out of the way