Oxford Word Skills

Question 1

Tip of sth

Answer 1

Thin end of sth
Ex. Tip of pencil
Tip of fingers

Question 2

Lodged in sth

Answer 2

Stuck in sth

Tip of pencil lodged in her brain

Question 3

Puncture sth

Answer 3

Make small hole in sth
The tire punctured
The pencil punctured her skin

Question 4

Excruciating

Answer 4

Intensely painful
Ex. Excruciating back pain
Excruciating headache

Question 5

Ensuing

Answer 5

1- happening after an event
2- happenin as a result of sth
There were many protests in the streets at those ensuing days

Question 6

Chronic

Answer 6

Lasting long time and hard to cure (of a disease)

Chronic headache

Question 7

Make a speedy/rapid recovery

Answer 7

Get well quickly after an illness or accident

He made a rapid recovery after car accident

Question 8

Crocs

Answer 8

Crocodils

Question 9

Against all odds

Answer 9

Happens or succedd although the situation is very hard or impossible
He survived against all odds
I succeeded in final exam against all odds

Question 10

Crocodile-infested swamp

Answer 10

Full of crocodiles in a wet ground and coverd in water
Rat-infested
Shark-infested

Question 11

Drastic

Answer 11

Extreme in a way that hast a serious effect

Question 12

Take action

Answer 12

Deal with

Question 13

Stray into

Answer 13

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Question 14

Stay put

Answer 14

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Question 15

Tak a chance on sth

Answer 15

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Question 16

Gruelling

Answer 16

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Question 17

Regain your senses

Answer 17

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