SNU1200Season15

Question 0

slander

havoc

Answer 0

verbal defamation

disorder

Question 1

rave about sth/so

Answer 1

v.
To speak or write about something or someone with wild enthusiasm: The dinner guests raved about the roasted duck. The critic raved over the new movie.

Question 2

pillage

Answer 2

verb
1.
rob (a place) using violence, especially in wartime.
steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime.
“artworks pillaged from churches and museums”
synonyms: ransack, rob, plunder, despoil, raid, loot; More

Question 3

qualms

Answer 3

an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving.
“military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press”
synonyms: misgivings, doubts, reservations, second thoughts, worries, concerns, anxiety

Question 4

pass up

Answer 4

:to let go by without accepting or taking advantage of ; also :decline, reject

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Question 5

eke out

Answer 5

1 :to make up for the deficiencies of :supplement
2 :to make (a supply) last by economy
Examples

Question 6

bank on

Answer 6

To rely on someone or something: You can bank on her to get the job done when it has to be done quickly. I wouldn’t bank on the bus arriving on time.

Fig. to be so sure of something that one can trust it as one might trust

Question 7

deprecate

Answer 7

play down, belittle, pray against

Question 8

throes

Answer 8

2 plural :a hard or painful struggle

Question 9

infatuated

Answer 9

be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.
too INFATUATED with the literature of the past
“she is infatuated with a handsome police chief”

synonyms: besotted with, in love with, head over heels about, obsessed with, taken with, lovesick for, moonstruck over; More

Question 10

shake a leg

Answer 10

hurry, move faster

let’s shake a leg guys!

2/ dance

Question 11

hold your horses

Answer 11

be patient

hold on

Question 12

hang one’s head

Answer 12

express shame or contrition

Question 13

see sth through

Answer 13

follow through on sth until it’s completed

Question 14

tantalising

Answer 14

tease or torment with something attractive but unobtainable

tenter qqn
tantalise

Question 15

contrition

contrite

Answer 15

repent sins

repentance

Question 16

intrepid

Answer 16

fearless
dauntless
doughty
gallant
stalwart
stout
valorous

Question 17

streaked

Answer 17

stripes and linear decoration

physically or mentally disturbed, upset

Question 18

concession

Answer 18

conceded and granted
acknowledgement
admission

Question 19

haughty

Answer 19

arrogant
assumptive
bumptious

derived from “haut” en francais