The Thing Around Your Neck

Question 1

sibling

Answer 1

brother or sister

Question 2

minor

Answer 2

small

Question 3

nauseate sb.

Answer 3

make sb. sick

Question 4

stock option

Answer 4

part of a salary paid in company shares

Question 5

unit

Answer 5

team of employees

Question 6

gain

Answer 6

win, get

Question 7

community college

Answer 7

school offering courses for adults

Question 8

grawp at sb./sth.

Answer 8

stare at sb./sth.

Question 9

squirrel

Answer 9

Eichhörnchen

Question 10

Igbo

Answer 10

language spoken in Nigeria

Question 11

buttocks

Answer 11

bum

Question 12

honk

Answer 12

use the car horn

Question 13

stained

Answer 13

not clean

Question 14

credit

Answer 14

course point accumulated for a college degree

Question 15

lumpy

Answer 15

uneven

Question 16

hawk

Answer 16

sell in the street

Question 17

plantain

Answer 17

Kochbanane

Question 18

cajole sb.

Answer 18

talk sb. into doing sb.

Question 19

cram sth. into sth

Answer 19

stuff sth. into a smaller space

Question 20

rejoice

Answer 20

celebrate

Question 21

envy

Answer 21

jealousy

Question 22

give an A

Answer 22

give the best mark

Question 23

slip sb. a brown envelope

Answer 23

jdn. Mit Schmiergeld bestechen

Question 24

parastatal

Answer 24

halbstaatliche Organisation

Question 25

crisp

Answer 25

smooth

Question 26

tip

Answer 26

Trinkgeld

Question 27

preemy

Answer 27

baby born to early

Question 28

preemy

Answer 28

baby born too early

Question 29

reveal

Answer 29

tell

Question 30

expiation

Answer 30

Wiedergutmachung

Question 31

plead with sb. to do sth.

Answer 31

beg sb. to do sth.

Question 32

tattered

Answer 32

old, worn

Question 33

choke sb.

Answer 33

make sb. unable to breathe

Question 34

dimness

Answer 34

darkness

Question 35

disdain

Answer 35

contempt

Question 36

condescending

Answer 36

snobby, arrogant

Question 37

shantytown

Answer 37

slum

Question 38

moudlin

Answer 38

sentimental

Question 39

extra-virgin

Answer 39

unbehandelt

Question 40

senior

Answer 40

person in their last year of university

Question 41

dictate

Answer 41

tell sb/sth what to do

Question 42

reluctant

Answer 42

unwilling

Question 43

root for sth.

Answer 43

be in favour of sth.

Question 44

rickety

Answer 44

Old and frail

Question 45

swampiness

Answer 45

Sumpfigkeit

Question 46

sprawled out

Answer 46

stretched out

Question 47

tilt sth.

Answer 47

hold sth. at an angel

Question 48

toxin

Answer 48

poison

Question 49

clogged

Answer 49

blocked

Question 50

gaze at sb.

Answer 50

look at sb.

Question 51

object

Answer 51

disagree

Question 52

gawk at sth

Answer 52

stare at sth. in a rude way

Question 53

glare at sb.

Answer 53

look at sb. angrily

Question 54

self-loathing

Answer 54

negative feelings towards yourself

Question 55

penmanship

Answer 55

handwriting

Question 56

slump over sth.

Answer 56

bend over sth. suddenly

Question 57

goosebumps

Answer 57

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