Textbook

Question 1

Truce

Answer 1

A temporary suspension of fighting during a conflict

Question 2

maim

Answer 2

seriously injure

Question 3

little

Answer 3

hardly any

Question 4

no man’s land

Answer 4

area of ground between two enemy positions, owned by neither

Question 5

dugouts

Answer 5

defensive underground structures attached to trenches in which soldiers took shelter between battles

Question 6

trenches

Answer 6

long, narrow excavations dug on world war 1 battlefields with earth thrown up in front of them, in which soldiers sheltered themselves from enemy fire

Question 7

artillery

Answer 7

heavy guns used to bombard enemy positions

Question 8

sniper

Answer 8

expert rifle shooter

Question 9

muck

Answer 9

dirt and mud

Question 10

barbed wire

Answer 10

coils of steel wire with sharp points used to keep attackers out

Question 11

bewilderment

Answer 11

complete puzzlement or confusion

Question 12

beacons

Answer 12

lights used as signs or signals

Question 13

harmonizing

Answer 13

singing together

Question 14

savage

Answer 14

brutal; violent

Question 15

barbarians

Answer 15

uncultured; uncivilized; wild

Question 16

searchingly

Answer 16

deeply; intensely

Question 17

shirk

Answer 17

avoid responsibility

Question 18

slurs

Answer 18

accusations and insults that can damage a person’s reputation

Question 19

reprisals

Answer 19

acts of revenge

Question 20

Lesson name and author

Answer 20

The Christmas Truce by Aaron Shepard

Question 21

comedy review

Answer 21

a performance of humorous entertainment

Question 22

sketch

Answer 22

a very brief comic scene, part of a longer entertainment programme

Question 23

ramification

Answer 23

results or wider consequences of an action

Question 24

christened

Answer 24

given an official name

Question 25

enchants

Answer 25

fascinated; captivates

Question 26

identify with

Answer 26

feel a close relationship with

Question 27

paternal

Answer 27

fatherly