Ooxford Word Skills Advance Unit 26

Question 1

Socialize

Answer 1

Spend time with other people in a friendly way

Question 2

Sociable

Answer 2

Adj

Question 3

Host

Answer 3

həʊst $ hoʊst/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable]
1 AT A PARTY someone at a party, meal etc who has invited the guests and who provides the food, drink etc → hostess
Our host greeted us at the door.
2 ON TELEVISION/RADIO someone who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio programme SYN compere British English
a game show host
3 COUNTRY/CITY a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event
host country/government/city etc
the host city for the next Olympic Games
play host (to something) (=provide the place, food etc for a special meeting or event)
The gallery is playing host to an exhibition of sculpture.

Question 4

Lay sth on
To lay on food and drink

Answer 4

lay something ↔ on especially British English to provide something such as food, entertainment, or transport for a group of people
They laid on a buffet for his farewell party.
A bus has been laid on to take you home.
2 lay something on somebody to ask someone to do something, especially something that is difficult or something they will not want to do
Sorry to lay this on you, but we need someone to give a talk at the conference next week.
3 lay it on (thick) informal
a) to praise someone or something too much, especially in order to get what you want
b) to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is SYN exaggerate

Question 5

Time-consuming

Answer 5

Time-consuming process

Question 6

Contribution

Answer 6

/ˌkɒntrəˈbjuːʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun
1 [countable] something that you give or do in order to help something be successful
contribution to/towards
Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.
The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.
significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution
Wolko made outstanding contributions to children’s medicine.
2 [countable] an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something
a campaign contribution
contribution of
A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.
contribution to/towards
Contributions to charities are tax deductible.
You can make annual contributions of up to $1,000 in education savings accounts.

Question 7

An invaluable/ outstanding contribution

Answer 7

=extremely useful)
He won the award for his outstanding contribution over many years.

Question 8

a vital contribution

Answer 8

=a very important one)
Volunteers make a vital contribution in this country.

Question 9

Clear sth up ***

Answer 9

phrasal verb
1 to make a place look tidier by putting things back where they belong
I don’t mind you using the kitchen as long as you clear up afterwards.
clear something ↔ up
Adam, clear up this mess before your father sees it.
after
I get really tired of clearing up after you (=tidying places that you have made untidy).
2 clear something ↔ up to explain or solve something, or make it easier to understand
The White House hopes these problems can be cleared up soon.
There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.

if the weather clears up, it gets better

Y4 if an illness or infection clears up, it disappears

Question 10

Disposable

Answer 10

dɪˈspəʊzəbəl $ -ˈspoʊ-/ AWL adjective
1 intended to be used once or for a short time and then thrown away
disposable nappies
2 available to be used
disposable resources

Question 11

Beforehand

Answer 11

bɪˈfɔːhænd $ -ˈfɔːr-/ ●○○ adverb
before something else happens or is done
The police need to be briefed beforehand on how to deal with this sort of situation.
When you give a speech, it’s natural to feel nervous beforehand.

Question 12

Gatecrasher

Answer 12

ˈɡeɪtkræʃ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
to go to a party that you have not been invited to
—gatecrasher noun [countable]

Question 13

Warm up

Answer 13

if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening
The race for governor is beginning to warm up.

Question 14

Deafening

Answer 14

Very loud

ˈdefənɪŋ/ adjective
1 very loud
a deafening roar
► see thesaurus at loud
2 → deafening silence

Question 15

Deafening silence

Answer 15

a complete silence, when it is uncomfortable or you are expecting someone to say something

Question 16

Drown sth out

Answer 16

Consider music not so deafening that is drown out the conversation

also drown out) [transitive] if a loud noise drowns out another sound, it prevents it from being heard
A train blew its whistle and drowned his voice.
The noise of the battle was drowned out by his aircraft’s engine.

Question 17

Liven sth up

Answer 17

phrasal verb
1 to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting
The party really livened up when Mattie arrived.
liven something ↔ up
Why don’t we invite Jane? That’ll liven things up!
2 liven something ↔ up to make something look, taste etc more interesting SYN brighten up
Why not liven up the room with some flowers?
3 to become more interested or excited, or to make someone feel like this
After a few drinks she livened up a little.

Question 18

Get carried away
Be carried away

Answer 18

to be so excited, angry, interested etc that you are no longer really in control of what you do or say, or you forget everything else
It’s easy to get carried away when you can do so much with the graphics software.

Question 19

Pop round
Pop over
Pop in

Answer 19

Inf go somewhere quickly or for a fairly short time
Shall we pop round

Question 20

Fancy sth

Answer 20

She may fancy a bit of company

ˈfænsi/ ●●○ S3 verb (fancied, fancying, fancies) [transitive]
1 LIKE/WANT British English informal to like or want something, or want to do something SYN feel like
Fancy a quick drink, Emma?
fancy doing something
Sorry, but I don’t fancy going out tonight.
2 SEXUAL ATTRACTION British English informal to feel sexually attracted to someone
All the girls fancied him.

Question 21

No doubt

Answer 21

used when you are saying that you think something is probably true
No doubt you’ll have your own ideas.
She was a top student, no doubt about it (=it is certainly true).

Question 22

Awkward

Answer 22

ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd

an awkward person is deliberately unhelpful SYN difficult
awkward about
The staff wanted to go home and they were getting awkward about a meeting starting so late.
an awkward customer (=person who is difficult and unhelpful)

Question 23

Loner

Answer 23

ˈləʊnə $ ˈloʊnər/ noun [countable]
someone who prefers to be alone or who has no friends
Ken’s always been a bit of a loner.

Question 24

Get-together

Answer 24

Inf syn do M inf
A friendly informal meeting or party

Question 25

Join in

Answer 25

to take part in something that a group of people are doing or that someone else does
In the evening there was a barbecue, with the whole village joining in the fun.
He stared at them without joining in the conversation.
He laughed loudly, and Mattie joined in.

Question 26

Warm welcome

Answer 26

Make sb feel welcome
Welcome adj
If sb gives you a warm welcome you feel relaxed in their home

extend/accord somebody a welcome formal (=give someone a welcome)
Staff and students extended a warm welcome to visiting parents.

Question 27

Cliquey

Answer 27

Inf disapproving forming a small group and not letting others join in

ˈkliːki/ (also cliquish /ˈkliːkɪʃ/) adjective
a cliquey organization, club etc has a lot of cliques or is controlled by them – used to show disapproval

Clique N a small group of people who think they are special and do not want other people to join them – used to show disapproval
clique of
a ruling clique of officials
the cliques formed by high school students

Question 28

I like company

Answer 28

Being with other people

Question 29

She’s hood company

Answer 29

Enjoyable to be with

Question 30

He enjoys his own company

Answer 30

Being by himself

Question 31

He’s not very good in company

Answer 31

With other people

Question 32

I’ll accompany you

Answer 32

FML = go with you

əˈkʌmpəni/ ●●○ W2 AWL verb (accompanied, accompanying, accompanies) [transitive]
1 to go somewhere with someone
Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
Wherever her husband went, she would accompany him.
Register
In everyday English, people usually say go with or come with someone rather than accompany someone:
Do you want me to go with you to the station?
She came with me to church.
2 to play a musical instrument while someone sings a song or plays the main tune
Daniel wanted Liz to accompany him on violin.
3 to happen or exist at the same time as something else
be accompanied by something
The disease is accompanied by sneezing and fever.
Grammar
Accompany is usually passive in this meaning.
4 if a book, document etc accompanies something, it comes with it
Please see accompanying booklet for instructions.
Your passport application form should be accompanied by two recent photographs.