E.W.2

Question 1

drop me a line

Answer 1

to write someone a letter, especially a short informal one:

Just drop me a line when you decide on a date

Question 2

drop sb/sth off

Answer 2

to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place:
We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.

Question 3

drop behind

Answer 3

to get further behind or away from something or someone:

As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind.

Question 4

drop off

Answer 4

to start to sleep

Question 5

drop out

Answer 5

to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished:
He dropped out of the race after two laps.

Question 6

drop it/the subject

Answer 6

to stop talking about something, especially because it is upsetting or annoying:
I don’t want to talk about it any more - let’s drop the subject.

Question 7

drop everything

Answer 7

to stop whatever you are doing:

We just dropped everything and rushed to the hospital.

Question 8

To bear no resemblance

Answer 8

To bear no resemblance

Question 9

bear the scars

Answer 9

to still suffer emotional pain from something unpleasant that happened in the past

Question 10

bear fruit

Answer 10

If something that someone does bears fruit, it produces successful results:
Eventually her efforts bore fruit and she got the job she wanted.

Question 11

bear down

Answer 11

to put more effort into doing something:

We’re giving up too many points - we have to bear down.

Question 12

bear with sb

Answer 12

to be patient and wait while someone does something:

If you’ll just bear with me for a moment, I’ll find you a copy of the drawings.

Question 13

bear down on sb/sth

Answer 13

to move in a threatening way towards someone or something:

I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.

Question 14

bear on sth

Answer 14

to be connected or related to something:

I don’t see how that information bears on this case.

Question 15

bear up

Answer 15

to deal with a very sad or difficult situation in a brave and determined way:
“How has she been since the funeral?” “Oh, she’s bearing up.”

Question 16

on the tip of your tongue

Answer 16

about to be said if you can remember it:

I know her - her name is on the tip of my tongue, but it won’t come to me.

Question 17

speak out

Answer 17

to say in public what you think about something such as a law or an official plan or action:
He spoke out against the school’s admissions policy.

Question 18

speak up for sb/sth

Answer 18

to support someone or something, especially by saying good things about him, her, or it:
She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.

Question 19

speak up

Answer 19

to speak in a louder voice so that people can hear you:

Could you speak up? We can’t hear at the back.

Question 20

speak your mind

Answer 20

to say what you think about something very directly:

He’s certainly not afraid to speak his mind.

Question 21

come to light

Answer 21

If facts come to light, they become known publicly:

Fresh evidence has recently come to light that suggests that he didn’t in fact commit the murder.

Question 22

bring to light

Answer 22

to cause something to be known:

Her research has brought to light new information about Jefferson’s early life.

Question 23

call into question

Answer 23

to cause doubts about something:
The fact that a party can be voted into power by a minority of the electorate calls into question the country’s electoral system.

Question 24

not in the same league

Answer 24

not nearly as good as something or someone else:

She’s a brilliant golfer - I’m not in the same league.

Question 25

out of your league

Answer 25

doing something that you are not skilled enough to do, esp. compared to other people doing the same thing:
She has been working very hard on the project, but I think she’s a little out of her league.

Question 26

follow sth through

Answer 26

to do what needs to be done to complete something:

He didn’t follow through with his promise to help.

Question 27

egg on sb

Answer 27

to encourage someone to do something, esp. something unwise or bad:
Egged on by his top aides, he was determined to win.

Question 28

weigh

Answer 28

If a problem or responsibility weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy:
He’s under huge pressure at work and it’s really weighing on him.
She knew she had been unfair to him and it weighed heavily on her mind for a long time.