listening

Question 1

troublesome

Answer 1

/ˈtrʌb.əl.səm/

causing a lot of problems for someone
(incômodo, desagradável, inoportuno, chato)
- Her hip has been troublesome for quite a while, and she’ll probably need surgery on it.
- The negotiations have proven more troublesome than any of us expected

problematic or difficult to deal with
problemático/-ca
- The club has found a way to deal with troublesome members

Question 2

shimmer

Answer 2

/ˈʃɪm.ɚ/
aparently cintilar

Question 3

add on

Answer 3

to include or build something extra:
- We’ve added on a couple of rooms to the house
- so you can add on new parts to the house if you want

a piece of equipment that can be connected to a computer to give it an extra use:
- A printer is a useful add-on.

Question 4

take away

Answer 4

to remove something:
- Take these chairs away

to subtract a number
- Four take away two is two.
- If you take 4 away from 12 you get 8.
- Twelve take away four equals eight.

Question 5

mash up

Answer 5

/ˈmæʃ.ʌp/
- a type of recorded music or video that consists of parts of different songs or images that have been combined:
They created a mashup of all the artists who had performed on the show.

Question 5

mash up