OAP

Question 1

Scathing review

Answer 1

adj. 1 scathing - marked by harshly abusive criticism; “his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists”; “her vituperative railing”
vituperative
critical - marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; “a critical attitude”

Question 2

Sit back

Answer 2

sit back - settle into a comfortable sitting position
take it easy
relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, unbend, slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one’s ease; “He relaxed in the hot tub”; “Let’s all relax after a hard day’s work”
2 sit back - be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; “Don’t just sit by while your rights are violated!”
sit by
look on, watch - observe with attention; “They watched as the murderer was executed”

Question 3

Preempt

Answer 3

Answer all questions and preempt further questions
n. 1 preempt - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
v. 1 preempt - acquire for oneself before others can do
2 preempt - take the place of or have precedence over
3 preempt - gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
4 preempt - make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

Question 4

Mental block

Answer 4

mental block - an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; “I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block”

Question 5

Writer’s block

Answer 5

n. 1 writer’s block - an inability to write; “he had writer’s block; the words wouldn’t come”

Question 6

Libelous

Answer 6

Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.

Question 7

ED

Answer 7

Executive Director

Question 8

ETA

Answer 8

Estimate time of arrival

Question 9

Nb

Answer 9

Pay attention to this

Question 10

PTO

Answer 10

Please turn over

Question 11

x

Answer 11

Multiply, extension

Question 12

COD

Answer 12

Cash on delivery

Question 13

File as you go

Answer 13

Be organized at any time

Question 14

Play it by ear

Answer 14

decide on one’s actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; “She didn’t know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear

Question 15

myriad

Answer 15

n. 1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
a. 1. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.

Question 16

gnaw

Answer 16

v. t. 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
- Dryden.
2. To bite in agony or rage.
They gnawed their tongues for pain.
- Rev. xvi. 10.
3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; - usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him.
v. i. 1. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
- Sir P. Sidney.

Question 17

well-versed

Answer 17

Knowledgable, proficient

Question 18

tag line

Answer 18

n. 1 tag line - the point of a joke or humorous story

gag line, punch line, laugh line

Question 19

Remiss

Answer 19

Adj. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
We would be remiss in not reminding you of ….

Question 20

Fester

Answer 20

v. i. 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
v. t. 1. To cause to fester or rankle.
n. 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
2. A festering or rankling.

Question 21

Purge the emails

Answer 21

Cull the emails

Question 22

surge

Answer 22

n. 1 surge - a sudden forceful flow
upsurge, rush, spate
2 surge - a sudden or abrupt strong increase
3 surge - a large sea wave
v. 1 surge - rise and move, as in waves or billows; “
2 surge - rise rapidly;
3 surge - rise or move forward; “
4 surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; “
5 surge - see one’s performance improve; “He levelled the score and then surged ahead”

Question 23

tumble

Answer 23

v. i. 1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one’s self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
v. t. 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
n. 1. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Question 24

slouch

Answer 24

1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
   Slouth hat
   a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.
   v. i. 1. To droop, as the head.
3. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
   v. t. 1. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

Question 25

It’s the thought that counts.

Answer 25

Appreciation

Question 26

In a meeting, you may need a specified number of people, usu, 50% or 60%, present before it starts or before a decision is made. What is it called?

Answer 26

quarum

Question 27

If you cannot attend a meeting, what should you send to the chair?

Answer 27

Regrets

Question 28

Lash out

Answer 28

lash out - attack in speech or writing; “The editors of the left-leaning paper lashed out at the new House Speaker

Question 29

rectify

Answer 29

v. t. 1. To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
2. (Chem.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
3. (Com.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Question 30

communication breakdowns

Answer 30

communication disruption

Question 31

cookie

Answer 31

a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer’s hard drive when you access the web site
A cookie is a piece of computer software which enables a website you have visited to recognize you if you visit it again.

when you create an account, a small amount of data, a cookie, will be written to your browser software. Cookies are commonly used on commercial websites, and most web browsers normally accept them.

Question 32

in-kind donations

Answer 32

A specific product, piece of equipment or item;no cash/illiquid

We offer cash or in-kind support of goods or services to meet urgent needs and build capacity.

Question 33

An Imagine Canada Caring company

Answer 33

A company which gives 1%of its pre-tax profits to charitable or nonprofit organizations

Question 34

Host a site visit

Answer 34

接待实地考察

Question 35

Third-party fundraising activities

Answer 35

Projects or events planned by one group or organization, for the benefit of another organization

Question 36

United Way of Canada (French: Centraide Canada)

Answer 36

United Way of Canada (French: Centraide Canada) is the national organization for the 117 autonomous, volunteer-based United Ways across Canada.

Question 37

significant other

Answer 37

N-COUNT If you refer to your significant other, you are referring to your wife, husband, or the person you are having a romantic relationship with. 另一半; 指配偶或恋人

Question 38

donor recognition wall

Answer 38

also known as a donor wall or donor display) is typically a wall-mounted display found in a centralized location of a hospital, university, museum, library, worship facility, or other nonprofit institution. It consists of a listing of names of persons or companies that contributed funds to a capital campaign or other major fundraising effort of the organization. The fundamental purposes of a donor recognition wall are to honor the major financial contributors of an organization, and to serve as an incentive for potential donors to contribute.

Question 39

nee

Answer 39

adj. (meaning literally `born’) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
Hillary Clinton nee Rodham

Question 40

Order of Canada

Answer 40

The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit. It comes second only to membership in the Order of Merit, which is within the personal gift of Canada’s monarch.

Question 41

no frills

Answer 41

N-COUNT If you describe something as having no frills, you mean that it has no extra features, but is acceptable or good if you want something simple. 装饰表赞许

Question 42

Pledge

Answer 42

1. A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret; a pledge of money to a charity.
   2.
   a. Something given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
   b. The condition of something thus given or held: put an article in pledge.
2. Law
   a. Delivery of goods or personal property as security for a debt or obligation: a loan requiring a pledge of property.
   b. The contract or transaction stipulating or involving such delivery.
3. A token or sign: “fair pledges of a fruitful tree” (Robert Herrick).
4. A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.
5. The act of drinking in honor of someone; a toast.
6. A vow to abstain from alcoholic liquor: ex-drinkers who have taken the pledge.
   v. pledged, pledg·ing, pledg·es
   v.tr.
7. To offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise: pledge loyalty to a nation; pledge that the duties of the office will be fulfilled. See Synonyms at promise.
8. To bind or secure by a pledge or promise: pledged themselves to the cause. See Synonyms at devote.
9. To deposit as security; pawn.
   4.
   a. To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization).
   b. To accept as a prospective member of such an organization.
10. To drink a toast to.
    v.intr.
11. To make a solemn binding promise; swear.
12. To drink a toast.

Question 43

Rolodex /ˈrəʊləˌdɛks/

Answer 43

N a small file for holding names, addresses, and telephone numbers, consisting of cards attached horizontally to a rotatable central cylinder 旋转式名片架

Question 44

opt in

Answer 44

(Economics) (intr, adverb) to choose to be involved in or part of a scheme, etc