Oxford Word Skills Advance Unit 56 Childern And Parent

Question 1

Resounding

Answer 1

/rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ/
Your pizza chain’s been a resounding success
Very great
A resounding success/ defeat/ win/victory

[only before noun] a resounding noise is so loud that it seems to continue for a few seconds
a resounding thud

Question 2

Turn out so well/ badly

Answer 2

Happen in a particular way often unexpectedly
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it turns out (that)
It turned out that I was wrong.
As it turned out (=used to say what happened in the end), he passed the exam quite easily.
turn out to be something
That guy turned out to be Maria’s second cousin.
2 turn the light out to stop the flow of electricity to a light by pressing a switch, pulling a string etc
Don’t forget to turn out the lights when you go!
3 if a lot of people turn out for an event, they go to watch it or take part in it
for
About 70% of the population turned out for the election.
turn out to do something
Thousands turned out to watch yesterday’s match against Ireland.
→ turnout
4 turn somebody ↔ out to force someone to leave a place permanently, especially their home
If you can’t pay the rent, they turn you out.
5 turn something ↔ out to produce or make something
The factory turns out 300 units a day.
6 well/beautifully/badly etc turned out dressed in good, beautiful etc clothes
elegantly turned-out young ladies
7 turn something ↔ out
a) to empty something completely by taking out the contents
The policeman made him turn out his pockets.
b) British English to take out everything in a room, drawer etc and clean the room etc thoroughly
Lea decided to turn out the attic.

Question 3

What’s The secret of your success

Answer 3

A way of doing things that has brought success

Question 4

A stroke of something

Answer 4

An unexpected but important event ( a stroke of luck)

stroke of luck/fortune
• I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah’s Witness called at the door earlier.
• Then I had a stroke of luck.
• That, it turned out, was a stroke of luck.
• True enough, you married him, and what a happy stroke of fortune for the candidate.
• But by a remarkable stroke of fortune we were saved from falling into error.
• But, in a strange stroke of luck, this fall occurred as Maximilian and his armies were approaching Ensisheim.
• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.

stroke of genius/inspiration etc
a very good idea about what to do to solve a problem
It was a stroke of genius to film the movie in Toronto.

Question 5

Potential

Answer 5

Keen to fulfill his potential

achieve/fulfil/realize your (full) potential (=succeed as well as you possibly can)

pəˈtenʃəl (N adj)

likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future SYN possible
potential customer/buyer/client
new ways of attracting potential customers
potential benefit/problem
the potential benefits of the new system
potential danger/threat/risk
the potential risks to health associated with the drug

if people or things have potential, they have a natural ability or quality that could develop to make them very good
have/show potential
She has the potential to become a champion.
with potential
a young player with great potential

Question 6

Never /not put a foot wrong

Answer 6

Not make a single mistake

Question 7

Overcome sth

Answer 7

Succeed in controlling or dealing with a problem

Question 8

Obstacle

Answer 8

an obstacle in the way/path
There were still a number of obstacles in the way of an agreement.

something that makes it difficult to achieve something

Question 9

In sb’s/ the way

Answer 9

Stopping sb from doing sth

Question 10

Come unstuck

Answer 10

Inf fail completely

a) British English informal if a person, plan, or system comes unstuck, they fail at what they were trying to achieve
a dangerous area of rock where many climbers come unstuck
b) if something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was stuck to

Question 11

But eventually we made it

Answer 11

Succeed in achieving a goal become successful

Question 12

Breakthrough

Answer 12

You made a big breakthrough
An

/ˈbreɪkθruː/ ●●○ noun [countable]
an important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time
breakthrough in
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.

Question 13

Go from strength to strength

Answer 13

Become more and more successful

Question 14

Make a go of sth

Answer 14

Inf make sth succeed especially a business or marriage

Question 15

Way out of his depth

Answer 15

Unable to do or understand sth because it is too hard

Question 16

Tricky situation

Answer 16

Difficult to do or deal with
A tricky situation/ question/ problem

Question 17

Up against it
Sue is really up against it

Answer 17

Inf facing difficult problems or opposition

Question 18

Go downhill

Answer 18

The marriage is going downhill
Get worse in quality health
Syn deteriorate

dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt $ -ˈtɪr-/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]
1 to become worse
Ethel’s health has deteriorated.
America’s deteriorating economy
Register
In everyday English, people usually say get worse rather than deteriorate:
Her health got worse.
The situation is getting worse.

Question 19

Come bottom

Answer 19

Come bottom in the exams
Receive the lowest score in an exam
Opp come top

Question 20

Scrape through an exam

Answer 20

to only just succeed in passing an examination or dealing with a difficult situation
I managed to scrape through the exam

Question 21

Let sb down

Answer 21

to not do something that someone trusts or expects you to do
She had been let down badly in the past.
The worst feeling is having let our fans down.
let the side down British English (=disappoint a group of people that you belong to)
2 to make someone or something less successful or effective
McKenzie’s judgement rarely lets him down.
3 to move something or someone to a lower position
Let down a rope so that I can climb up.
Carefully, she let herself down into the water.
4 let your hair down informal to relax and enjoy yourself, especially after working hard
Visitors young and old let their hair down and enjoyed the show.
5 let your guard/defences down to relax and stop worrying about what might happen or what someone might find out about you
Maggie never really lets her guard down, does she?
6 let somebody down lightly/gently to give someone bad news in a way that will not upset them too much
I get asked out on dates quite often, but I always try to let the guy down gently.
7 British English to allow the air to escape from something so that it loses its shape and becomes flat
Someone’s let my tyres down!
8 to make a piece of clothing longer by unfolding a folded edge OPP take up

Question 22

Comeback

Answer 22

He still wants to make a comeback

if a person, activity, style etc makes a comeback, they become popular again after being unpopular for a long time
The miniskirt made a comeback in the late 1980s.

Question 23

Be past it

Answer 23

The boxer is past it
Inf be too old to do what you used to be able to do

Question 24

Flop

Answer 24

The film was a flop

informal if something such as a product, play, or idea flops, it is not successful because people do not like it
Opp hit

Question 25

Unmitigated disaster

Answer 25

Complete
Syn absolute
an unmitigated disaster/failure/pleasure etc
something that is completely bad or good

Question 26

Way

Answer 26

Can be used informally to mean
By a large amount or very far

It cost way over 1,000= alot mor than 1000
The others were way ahead of me= a long way ahead of me

Question 27

Prestigious universities and faculties

Answer 27

/preˈstɪdʒəs $ -ˈstɪː-, -ˈsti-/

admired as one of the best and most important
a prestigious literary award
a highly prestigious university