General

Question 1

Vain

Answer 1

too proud of your own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc.
: having no success : not producing a desired result

Cats could be so vain
Having no real value - vain pretensions

Question 2

Gauche

Answer 2

: lacking social experience or grace; also : not tactful : crude

2 : crudely made or done
Examples:
“We were described by our parents as classless and free, but instructed that chewing gum was gauche.” — Kira von Eichel-Butler, Vogue, October 2016
My request had apparently been quite gauche

Question 3

Wind down

As US winds down from Afghanistan

Answer 3

-

Question 4

Wane

Answer 4

-

Question 5

skip

Answer 5

to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip
skip out - to leave hurriedly or secretly / skipped out without paying their bill
skip over - to omit or not to choose smn/smth / The director skipped over me when chosing the managing editor
She skipped over little waves

Question 6

splash

Answer 6

about/around - to make water fly up in the air with loud noise by hitting it or by moving around it
-The children were splashing around in the pool
through - She ran up the drive splashing through the puddles
He splashed cold water on his face

Question 7

wash over

The water washed over Winnie’s towel

Answer 7

to flood over a person ( for a powerful feeling) / The strong feeling of satisfaction washed over me.

Question 8

dump

The sea dumped her on the sand

Answer 8

to smth smwhere in a quick and careless way
to get rid of smth/smn quickly or w/out concern / got dumped by his girlfriend
to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass/ dumped her clothes on the bed

Question 9

shake

She shook some seaweed out of her hair

Answer 9

to free yourself from smn/smth: to get away from or to get rid of smth/smn

Question 10

spout

went high up in the air with a great spout of water

Answer 10

to shoot out (a liquid) with force
to flow out with force / The well was spouting water
to say or talk about smth in a way that is boring or annoying/ She kept spouting on and on about politics

Question 11

squash

Wilbur was wet, sandy and rather aquashed

Answer 11

to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
to proceed with a splashing or squelching sound squash through the mud
a crushed mass
- He squashed his nose against the window.
- His poor performance squashed any hope he had of a promotion.
- The boss squashed my idea immediately.
- Someone had squashed all the ribbons together in one box.

Question 12

refrain

Answer 12

to stop yourself from doing smth that you want to do

- She can never refrain from eating sweets

Question 13

hum

Answer 13

• to sing the notes of a song while keeping your lips closed
  -She was humming her favorite tune
  to be very active or busy

Question 14

backed up

Answer 14

You have to backed up if you’ll see a bear and don’t turn around and run away as it will chase you up and eat you.

Question 15

messed up

Answer 15

I messed up my photos

Question 16

Paddle board

Answer 16

Доска с вёслами

Paddling the stand up puddling board

Question 17

strike

the clock stroke

Answer 17

1

Question 18

A long nose pocked through the cat flap

Answer 18

1

Question 19

He crept to the cat flap

Answer 19

1

Question 20

the cat flap wobbled and shook

Answer 20

1

Question 21

a puff of smoke

Answer 21

1

Question 22

decking

I want nice paths and decking and things to delight

Answer 22

1

Question 23

Was that looked in the shed

Answer 23

1

Question 24

crook

Answer 24

1

Question 25

mob

As my mob of mess monsters

Answer 25

1

Question 26

ear splitting sound

Answer 26

1

Question 27

they churned and upturned the soil and the earth

Answer 27

1

Question 28

Throwing mud all about them for all it was worth

Answer 28

1

Question 29

ready to lend them a paw

Answer 29

1

Question 30

But they trashed him and stomped him and left him quite sore

Answer 30

1

Question 31

They mashed them which made me quit cross

Answer 31

1

Question 32

And I handed a spade to the monster on top

Answer 32

1

Question 33

trying to avoid any thorns in their toes

Answer 33

1

Question 34

They scrabbled and scrambled

Answer 34

1

Question 35

Though we daren’t tell her so

Answer 35

1

Question 36

freshly mowed lawns

Answer 36

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Question 37

wild daisies sway in a breeze

Answer 37

1

Question 38

pale yellow house

Answer 38

1

Question 39

bush of maples shades the yard

Answer 39

1

Question 40

hollow

Answer 40

1

Question 41

Deer mouse lines her nest

Answer 41

1

Question 42

plant down

Answer 42

1

Question 43

pitch black sky

Answer 43

1

Question 44

Deer Mouse scurries headfirst down the tree trunk

Answer 44

1

Question 45

stretched for balance

Answer 45

1

Question 46

blades of grass tickle her round white belly

Answer 46

1

Question 47

dogwood

Answer 47

1

Question 48

chickadees

Answer 48

1

Question 49

left seed scattered on the lawn

Answer 49

1

Question 50

perched on her 2 hind legs

Answer 50

1

Question 51

shell the seed

Answer 51

1

Question 52

The cat is crouched down low

Answer 52

1

Question 53

hidden between dense bush and the back wall

Answer 53

1

Question 54

ready to pounce on her

Answer 54

1