non-verbal clues

Question 1

nudge

Answer 1

to push smth or sm gently, especially to push sm with your elbow (=the middle part of your arm where it bends) to attract the person’s attention

Question 2

shrug

Answer 2

to raise your shoulders and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested

Question 3

frown

Answer 3

to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often qhile turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyes, worried, sad or thinking hard

Question 4

glare

Answer 4

a long, angry look

Question 5

stroke

Answer 5

1) a sudden change in the blood, supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body
2) an act of hitting sm with a weapon

Question 6

tickle

Answer 6

to touch sm lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh

Question 7

sign smth away

Answer 7

to give up your rights to smth by signing a legal document

Question 8

sign for smth

Answer 8

to sign a form to show that you have received smth

Question 9

sign up

Answer 9

to agree to become involved in an organized activity

Question 10

sign smth off

Answer 10

1) to give a final message at the end of a letter or when communicating by radio, or at the end of a television or radio programme

Question 11

sign on

Answer 11

to sign a form at a government office to say you do not have a job and that you want to receive benefit (=money paid by the government)

Question 12

dole

Answer 12

the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed

Question 13

non-intrusive

Answer 13

not causing sm to feel uncomfortable by getting too close to them, asking them for information they do not want to reveal

Question 14

regime

Answer 14

1) a particular government or a system or method of government
2) a particular way of operating or organizing a business, etc.

Question 15

cautious

Answer 15

1) sm who is cautious avoids risks
2) a cautious action is careful, well considered, and sometimes skow or uncertain

Question 16

verge

Answer 16

1) the edge or border of smth
2) the strip of land that borders a road or path

Question 17

sentient

Answer 17

capable of experiencing things through its senses

Question 18

herald

Answer 18

to be a sign that smth important and often good, is starting to happen, or to make smth publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it

Question 19

breakthrough

Answer 19

am important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem

Question 20

merely

Answer 20

used to emphasize that you mean exactly what you are saying and nothing more

Question 21

hornbill

Answer 21

a bird with a largen, curved, often brightly coloured beak, found in tropical and subtropical areas

Question 22

cognitive

Answer 22

connected with thinking or conscious mental processes