TED lexis

Question 1

crop

Answer 1

(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts:
The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.
bumper crop a bumper (= very good) potato crop

Question 2

crop

Answer 2

a group of people or things with something in common, that exist at a particular time:
crop of The judges will select the best from this year’s crop of first novels.

Question 3

crop

Answer 3

In a bird ‘s digestive system, the crop is an expanded, muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.

Question 4

crop

Answer 4

a short hairstyle:
Her hair was cut in a short crop.

Question 5

crop

Answer 5

a short stick used to control a horse by hitting it

Question 5

crop

Answer 5

to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:
He had his hair cropped when he went into the army.

Question 6

crop

Answer 6

to remove some or all of the edges from a picture, leaving only the most important part:
He cropped the photo so that only the face remained.

When animals such as sheep or horses crop grass or other plants, they eat the top parts.

Question 7

Out-there

Answer 7

adjective-informal

(of people) different, confident, having strong opinions and attracting attention to yourself; (of ideas) different from what most people consider normal, but exciting

-Wow, this is such an out-there character. This role is definitely going to be cool.
-It may be totally out-there but I think it could work.
-The kid is completely out-there.
-He’s wild and totally out-there.
ideas that seemed really out-there at that time

Question 8

Be out there

Answer 8

be outside

-Bees are not out there because pollinating our food intencionally

Question 9

End up

Answer 9

Meaning 1: to finally be in a particular place or situation:

end up in
- They’re traveling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.
*end up as *
-Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.

Meaning 2: to reach a particular place or achieve a situation after other activities:

-After two weeks of traveling around Europe, we ended up in Paris.
-The deals were popular at the time, but many ended up losing money.

Question 10

Hand-held / handheld

Answer 10

Meaning 1: A handheld object has been designed so that it can be held and used easily with one or two hands:

-A handheld device.

Meaning 2: small enough to hold in your hand:

-a handheld computer

Question 11

Hold

Answer 11

Tenses:
-present simple I / you / we / they hold—-/həʊld/
-he / she / it holds — /həʊldz/
-past simple held—-/held/
-past participle held—-/held/
-ing form holding——/ˈhəʊldɪŋ/