oxford word skills advanced 2

Question 1

crawl

Answer 1

krɔːl $ krɒːl/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]
1 Image of crawlto move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground
crawl along/across etc
The baby crawled across the floor.
2 if an insect crawls, it moves using its legs
crawl over/up etc
There’s a bug crawling up your leg.
3 → crawl into/out of bed
4 if a vehicle crawls, it moves forward very slowly
crawl by/along etc
The traffic was crawling along.
5 British English informal to be too pleasant or helpful to someone in authority, especially because you want them to help you – used to show disapproval
crawl to
She’s always crawling to the boss.
6 → be crawling with something
7 → crawl the Net/web

Question 2

have second thoughts

Answer 2

start having doubts about a decision you have made

Question 3

be in two minds about something

Answer 3

be unable to decide what to do about something

Question 4

sweet of sb

Answer 4

kind of sb

Question 5

be tided up

Answer 5

be busy an unable to do other

Question 6

dawn on sb

Answer 6

/dɔːn $ dɒːn
if a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time
The ghastly truth dawned on me.
it dawns on somebody (that)
It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along.

Question 7

ulterior motive

Answer 7

/ʌlˈtɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/
a reason for doing something that you deliberately hide in order to get an advantage for yourself
He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives.

Question 8

to be thick

Answer 8

inf stupid

Question 9

be the last thing on sb’s mind

Question 10

get out of sth

Answer 10

avoid doing sth

Question 11

send sth or sb flying

Answer 11

make sth/sb move quickly without control

Question 12

you’re not gonna believe this

Question 13

get sth/sb to do sth

Answer 13

make or persuade sb/sth to do sth

Question 14

keep/ we must eat the grapes they won’t keep

Answer 14

remain fresh

Question 15

keep sb going

Answer 15

if something keeps you going, it is enough to satisfy your need while you are waiting to get something bigger or better
I’ll have a biscuit to keep me going until dinner time.

Question 16

put sth

Answer 16

to say or write something using words in a particular way
put something well/cleverly/simply etc
The question was well put.

Question 17

leave sth to/with sb

Answer 17

allow sb to take care of it
i’ll leave it to you

Question 18

make sth sth

Answer 18

think or calculate sth to be a particular condition or place
what time do yuo make it
i make that 25 now

Question 19

bring sb some where

Answer 19

o cause someone or something to reach a particular state or condition
bring something to an end/close/halt/conclusion (=make something stop)
The trial was swiftly brought to an end.
It was the war that first brought him to power (=made him have power over a country).
So far the US has been unable to bring him to justice (=make him be punished for his actions).
Bring the sauce to the boil (=heat it until it boils).
The country had been brought to its knees (=caused to be in such a bad condition that it is almost impossible to continue).

Question 20

come with

Answer 20

be sold or produced with a particular feature

Question 21

come in

Answer 21

be sold or produced with a
particular feature
the chairs come in four different colors

Question 22

do for sb/ sth

Answer 22

be enough or be acceptable in a particular situation
I peeled six potatoes will that do?
will these shoes do for the wedding