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Question 1

to be common among a group of people or area at a particular time

Answer 1

to prevail / This attitude still prevails among the middle classes.

Question 2

(of a liquid) to move through a substance by going through very small spaces within it

Answer 2

to percolate /ˈpɜː.kəl.eɪt/ / Sea water percolates down through the rocks.

Question 3

to make coffee using a machine in which hot water passes through crushed coffee beans into a container below

Answer 3

to percolate /ˈpɜː.kəl.eɪt/ /

Question 4

to spread slowly (INFORMATION)

Answer 4

to percolate / The news has begun to percolate through the staff.

Question 5

That’s correct

Answer 5

That’s be fair to say

Question 6

to collect parts or pieces of something to use for another purpose

Answer 6

to cull /kʌl/ / She went to strange lands to cull recipes for her book.

Question 7

to persuade someone that something false is the truth (in a negative way)

Answer 7

to deceive / The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.

Question 8

to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage

Answer 8

to deceive / The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out

Question 9

Do not worry about this (informal)

Answer 9

Don’t you worry about this

Question 10

the people who will exist in the future

Answer 10

posterity / Every attempt is being made to ensure that these works of art are preserved for posterity.

Question 11

to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed:

Answer 11

to preserve / We want to preserve the character of the town while improving the facilities.

Question 12

to continue to be informed about something (phrasal verb)

Answer 12

keep up with something / He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.

Question 13

to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something (phrasal verb)

Answer 13

keep up (with someone/something) /

He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.

Wages are failing to keep up with inflation.

Question 14

to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone (phrasal verb)

Answer 14

hang out /

They spent the whole day hanging out by the pool.

Question 15

to wait for a short time (phrasal verb)

Answer 15

hang on /

Sally’s on the other phone - would you like to hang on?

Hang on a minute - I’ll be with you in a moment!

Question 16

shit is gonna happen (rude)

Answer 16

shit is about to get real

Question 17

It is a figure of speech that means being ill-prepared to deal with a certain situation.

Answer 17

To bring a knife to a gunfight

Question 18

to change direction after hitting something, or to cause something to do this

Answer 18

to deflect /

The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the shot.

Question 19

a small change that improves something

Answer 19

refinement /

These refinements have increased the machine’s accuracy by 25 percent.

Question 20

the process of making a substance pure

Answer 20

refinement /

The refinement of raw opium yields other drugs, such as morphine.

Question 21

to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information

Answer 21

to yield /

The investigation yielded some unexpected results.

Question 22

not the right time

Answer 22

The timing is everything. And now it’s not the right time.

Question 23

the fact of showing that you are very sorry for something bad you have done in the past, and wish that you had not done it:

Answer 23

repentance /rɪˈpen.təns/ /

Her passionate repentance for her sins is real.

Question 24

(I broke the coffee machine because of that)

Answer 24

It was getting a little chummy around here.

Question 25

to hide this beauty

Answer 25

It should be a crime to hide this beauty from the world.

Question 26

Probability - 90%, but let’s try

Answer 26

Nine out of ten it’s a …
I’m ready to roll those dice

Question 27

it’s urgent

Answer 27

This is getting slowly urgent

Question 28

a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person

Answer 28

heist /haɪst/ /

a $2 million jewellery heist

Question 29

great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain

Answer 29

torment /ˈtɔːr.ment/ /

Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.

to endure torment

Question 30

having only a short distance from the top to the bottom

Answer 30

shallow (adjective) /

The stream was fairly shallow so we were able to walk across it.

Question 31

to give a quick short look

Answer 31

to glance /ɡlæns/ /

She glanced round the room to see who was there.

Question 32

(of a fact, event, etc.) to show something or prove that something is true

Answer 32

to testify /

These monuments testify to the prosperity of the country and the richness of its culture.

As his story testifies, social mobility is not a myth.

Question 33

(of a person) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof

Answer 33

to testify /

He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.

Question 34

something that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems or making further arrangements necessary

Answer 34

Contingency /kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/ /

Have you made any contingency plans?

You must be able to deal with all possible contingencies.

Question 35

to mix or combine, or be mixed or combined

Answer 35

To mingle /

The excitement of starting a new job is always mingled with a certain apprehension.

The two flavours mingle well.

Question 36

worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen

Answer 36

apprehension /

One or two people have expressed apprehension about the changes.

Despite her apprehensions, she accepted the offer.