U20 - U26

Question 1

laze around

Answer 1

relax and do very little

Question 2

retain

retention (n); retentive (adj)

Answer 2

keep

Question 3

soak sth up

Answer 3

absorb or take sth into your senses, body, or mind

Question 4

spine-tingling

Answer 4

very frightening or exciting in a way that you will enjoy

Question 5

on the edge of your seat

Answer 5

very excited or interested in sth

Question 6

scare sb out of their wits

Answer 6

frighten sb very much

Question 7

nail-biting | grippling

Answer 7

making you very excited or worried

Question 8

adaptation

Answer 8

a book or play that has been made into a film, TV programme, etc.

Question 9

unanimously

Answer 9

in a way that is agreed by everyone

Question 10

acclaimed

Answer 10

publicly talked or written about it an admiring way

Question 11

bored to tears | bored to death | bored stiff | bored out of your mind

Answer 11

extremeply bored

Question 12

atrocious | dire

atrocious acts of brutality

atrocity (n)

Answer 12

very bad and unpleasant

Question 13

sentimental

He’s not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships.

sentiment (n), sentimentalist (n, person)

Answer 13

making people experience feelings of sadness, sympathy, etc. in a deliberate and obvious way

Question 14

cliche

cliched (adj)

Answer 14

a phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has much meaing and is not interesting

Question 15

shallow | superficial

superficiality = shallowness (adj)

Answer 15

not showing serious thoughts

Question 16

feeble

feebleness (n)

Answer 16

very weak

Question 17

feeble-minded

Answer 17

weak and unable to make decisions

Question 18

wooden

Answer 18

not showing enough natural expression, emotion, or movement

Question 19

get through (to sth)

Answer 19

reach the next stage in a competition

Question 20

a (good/bad) run

Answer 20

a period of performing well or badly

Question 21

give sth away

Answer 21

lose a game, point, or competition through a bad mistake

Question 22

prune sth (back)

Answer 22

remove some of a plant’s stems or branches to improve future growth

Question 23

put your feet up

Answer 23

sit down and relax

Question 24

shop till you drop

Answer 24

spend a long time shopping because you don’t want to stop

Question 25

**have an eye for sth**

Answer 25

have a natural ablity to see or find sth

Question 26

**spee** | spending/shopping spree

Answer 26

a short period of tie doing 1 activity, often in an uncontrolled way

Question 27

**crippling** | crippling debts/disease

Answer 27

very serious

Question 28

**lay sth on** | A bus has been laid on to take guests to the airport.

Answer 28

provide sth for sb

Question 29

**pop round/over/in**

Answer 29

go somewhere quickly or for a fairly short time

Question 30

**cliquey** | clique (n)

Answer 30

forming a small group and not letting others join in