ESLPOD [072;073;074]

Question 1

to find something that you have not used or seen for a long time

Answer 1

dig out

Question 2

an amount of money that you pay to use a bridge or a road

Answer 2

toll

Question 3

the only thing of a particular type available

Answer 3

the only game in town

Question 4

to increase, especially at a fast rate that causes problems

Answer 4

escalate

Question 5

An expression used to mean one is not awaiting something

Answer 5

not hold one’s breath

Question 6

the clothes traditionally worn in a particular place or during a particular period in the past

Answer 6

costume

Question 7

small things that are all different and not valuable or important

Answer 7

odds and ends

Question 8

as much or as often as you like

Answer 8

to one’s heart’s content

Question 9

Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute

Answer 9

make-shift

Question 10

an area that is different from what surrounds it

Answer 10

patch

Question 11

hollow out with a scoop

Answer 11

scoop out

Question 12

a small step outside the main door to a house or other building

Answer 12

doorstep

Question 13

if a place is haunted by the spirit of a dead person, some people believe that it appears there

Answer 13

haunt(ed house)

Question 14

an automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed-voice menus in real time.

Answer 14

phone tree

Question 15

relevant to or affecting a particular situation or group of people

Answer 15

applicable