READING

Question 1

heart-wreching wreck

Question 2

tangled up

Answer 2

/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/
involved in something bad:
I was not about to get
- tangled up in their argument
- they got tamgled up and got busted

If a person or thing is tangled up in something such as wire or ropes, they are caught or trapped in it.
- Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed.

twisted into an untidy mass:
- tangled string
- she ran a hand through her tangled hair.

Question 3

his eyes were mere slits bloodshot red

Answer 3

slit 1. with eyes nearly closed. /slɪt/
to make a long, straight, narrow cut in something:
- He slit open the envelope with a knife.
- She killed herself by slitting her wrists.
- He was found the next day with his throat slit.
- i don´t wear skirts with slits on the sides

(of the eyes) with the white part showing red or pink:
- Hay fever gives me a runny nose and bloodshot eyes.
- The eye is all bloodshot and frightened

Question 4

he pulls me forward towards him

Question 5

wait around

Answer 5

If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives
- We spent the whole day waiting around for something exciting to happen, but nothing did.
- can you please wait around a bit
- i ve been waiting around for a long time

Question 6

turn in some homework this year

Answer 6

1 – Turn in pode equivaler a “entregar” um documento a alguém, como um teste ou relatório:

• I want everybody to turn a report in.
• I turned in my exam and left the room.
• Now we wait for them to turn in their essays.

2 – Turn in pode ser “entregar” alguém às autoridades, por ter cometido um crime:

• His own brother turned him in
• I was so wracked with guilt over the accident that I turned myself in to police.
• She turned herself in to local police.

3 – Veja turn in como “entregar” uma determinada performance/desempenho em algo:

• He turned in a consistent performance every day.
• at least we can be sure she will turn in the best performance she can
• Jaina and the show’s gifted supporting cast have turned in fantastic performances.

Question 7

about to walk her to class

Question 8

talk yourself up

Answer 8

– Talk up, “promover”, “ressaltar (o valor/a importância de)”, “valorizar”, “exagerar”.

• The candidate talked up his own plan to provide coverage for 27 million uninsured Americans.
• let me talk the project up, and you can carry it out
• They were talking up their candidate all over the state.
• Your former manager has been talking you up quite a bit, so we have high hopes for you here.
• They keep talking up the candidate as if he represented a real change.

Question 9

i gave myself until today, if i don´t…….