Listening

Question 1

to cope

Answer 1

/koʊp/ aspiration on K
to deal successfully with a difficult situation:
(dar conta, aguentar, lidar com)
- It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.
- It’s only been a year since he died - how’s she coping?
- He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn’t cope.
- I’m trying my best to cope with the situation.

Question 2

push back

Answer 2

push something back
to delay something so that it happens later than planned:
- The target date for construction has been pushed back.

disagree with or oppose an action or proposal.
to resist a change that has been introduced. If you push back against something, such as a change or criticism, you refuse to accept it or try to prevent it.
- Large banks are pushing back against regulators’ plans to toughen rules on these loans.
- If she is having issues again, it could explain why her album is getting pushed back.
- “it’s important to push back and say that I’m the one who needs to manage the process”

push back the limits/frontiersto discover new things about something or a better way of doing it
- We’re pushing back the frontiers of technology.

Question 3

undercover

Answer 3

/ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ/
working secretly using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or government
- an undercover police operation
- an undercover detective

of a law officer) pretending to be sb in order to solve a crime
(disfarçado/-da)
- an undercover police officer/FBI agent

Question 4

bribing

Answer 4

/braɪb/
(subornar)
- He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.

Question 5

he´s whiny

Answer 5

/ˈwaɪn.i/
complaining a lot in an annoying way, especially in a high, sad voice:
- The children were tired and whiny
- a whiny voice

Question 6

shabby

Answer 6

/ˈʃæb.i/
looking old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for:
- He wore a shabby old overcoat.
- The refugees were shabby (= wore old clothes in bad condition) and hungry.

Question 7

hang

Answer 7

to curve down
- The branches hung heavy with snow.
- He knew he’d done something wrong and hung his head in shame.

to spend time relaxing with a person or in a place
- Sometimes we just hang in the park.
- Ashley spent most of the evening hanging with her friend.

to kill someone, especially as punishment for a serious crime, by dropping them with a rope tied around their neck, or to die in this way
- He was found guilty and hanged later that year.
- With so little evidence to prove her guilt, few people thought she should hang.