reading

Question 1

joint

Answer 1

/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or more people:
- a joint bank account
- The project was a joint effort between the two schools (= they worked on it together).
- In court, the parents were awarded joint custody of their son (= the right to care for him was shared between them).

Question 2

you are a mere

Answer 2

/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large or important:
(mero,simples,não mais de que)

• The plane crashed mere minutes after takeoff.
• It cost a mere 20 dollars
• People became excited at the mere mention of his name.
• The mere thought of it (= just thinking about it) makes me feel sick.

Question 3

i hop down and swipe my hands over my jeans

Answer 3

/hɑːp/ LONG a

Imagine you work on the first floor and your colleague on the ground floor.
He wants to show you something so he phones you and says..can you hop down here for a minute I need to…
Of course it has a literal meaning as well. To hop= jump on one leg, so to hop down is to jump on one leg from a high to low.
You can also use hop over to ask someone to come to you.

to jump on one foot
- I stubbed my toe and hopped to the kitchen to get some ice.

Question 4

crinkle

Answer 4

/ˈkrɪŋ.kəl/ - not used much
to (cause to) wrinkle or curl
(enrugar)
- The paper is too crinkled for use in my computer’s printer.

Question 5

why does water wrinkle your fingers

Answer 5

/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/
a small line in the skin caused by old age
- don´t worry about wrinkles you´re only 27
- anti-wrinkle creams