oxford word skills advanced 7

Question 1

cute

Answer 1

of baby or puppies pretty and attractive

Question 2

got chubby cheeks

Answer 2

slightly fat but in an attractive way

Question 3

cheek

Answer 3

red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc
a red-cheeked plump old fellow
2 [singular, uncountable] British English disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority
I’ve had enough of your cheek.
have the cheek to do something
He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.
She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
3 → cheek by jowl (with somebody/something)
4 → turn the other cheek
5 → cheek to cheek
6 [countable] informal one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom SYN buttock
→ tongue in cheek, → tongue-in-cheek

Question 4

has got ginger hair

Answer 4

a bright orange-brown colour → gingery

Question 5

freckles

Answer 5

/ˈfrekəl/ noun [countable usually plural]
freckles are small brown spots on someone’s skin, especially on their face, which the sun can cause to increase in number and become darker

Question 6

wearing a brace to straighten her teeth

Answer 6

[countable] (also braces [plural]) a system of metal wires that people, usually children, wear on their teeth to make them grow straight

Question 7

gorgeous

Answer 7

inf very beautiful and attractive
lovely

Question 7

show sth off

Answer 7

show sth you are proud of

Question 8

has got a paunch

Answer 8

/pɔːntʃ $ pɒːntʃ/
a fat stomach on a man

Question 9

stick out

Answer 9

1. be or push out further than sth else
   2.be noticeable

Question 10

be getting on for sth (80)

Answer 10

be nearly a particular age time or number

Question 11

wrinkles

Answer 11

/ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countable]
1 wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old
Her face was a mass of wrinkles.
2 a small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper SYN crease
She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles.
3 → iron out the wrinkles
—wrinkly adjective

Question 12

frail

Answer 12

/freɪl/ ●○○ adjective
1 someone who is frail is weak and thin because they are old or ill
frail elderly people
her frail health
frail body/physique
mentally/physically frail
► see thesaurus at weak
2 something that is frail is easily damaged or broken SYN fragile
It seemed impossible that these frail boats could survive in such a storm.
the country’s frail economy

Question 13

frailty

Answer 13

ˈfreɪlti/ noun (plural frailties)
1 [uncountable] the lack of strength or health SYN weakness
frailty of
the frailty of her thin body
2 [countable, uncountable] something bad or weak in your character SYN weakness
human frailties

Question 14

doddery

Answer 14

/ˈdɒdəri $ ˈdɑː-/ adjective British English
weak and not able to do things easily because of old age
Some of the patients are a bit doddery.

Question 15

the key of sth

Answer 15

the thing that makes you able to understand or achieve sth
=the secret of sth

Question 15

enhance sth

Answer 15

increase or improve the quality vaLUE OR status of sth

Question 15

feature

Answer 15

a part of sb’s face or body

Question 16

discreetly conceal the not-so-good ones

Answer 16

dɪˈskriːt/
in a way that others will not notice
discreet adj
indiscreet

Question 17

conceal sth

Answer 17

/kənˈsiːl/
fml hide sth

Question 18

guidelines

Answer 18

information that can help you to make a decision

Question 19

vertical stripes

Answer 19

/straɪp/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1 a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together
a shirt with black and white stripes
vertical/horizontal stripes
2 → of all stripes/of every stripe
3 a narrow piece of material worn on the arm of a uniform as a sign of rank

Question 20

create an illusion

Answer 20

make sth which is false appear true

Question 21

flattering

Answer 21

makindg sb look more attractive
opp unflattering
That colour is very flattering.

Question 22

exaggerate sth

Answer 22

/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/ ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is
I couldn’t sleep for three days – I’m not exaggerating.
it’s easy/difficult/impossible to exaggerate something
It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of sleep.

Question 23

exaggeration

Answer 23

/ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is OPP understatement
It would be an exaggeration to say that we were close friends.
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone will be affected by the new policy.
The situation can be described, without exaggeration, as disastrous.
slight/gross exaggeration
That sounds like a slight exaggeration.

Question 24

drew attention to

Question 25

attract sb’s attention

Question 26

pay attention to