Unit 1

Question 1

ancient monument

Answer 1

monument to sb/sth
a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event
A monument to him was erected in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Question 2

pass the buck

Answer 2

pass responsibility for a prob to another person to avoid dealing with it oneself
colleagues try to pass the buck

Question 3

make a fast/quick buck

Answer 3

(I, neg) to earn money quickly and easily
This is a long-term project. We are not out to make a quick buck.

Question 4

tie shoelace

Answer 4

tie my shoelace when it is undone

Question 5

strictly forbidden

Answer 5

forbidden to sth

Question 6

bitterly cold

Answer 6

freezing cold

Question 7

pitch dark

Answer 7

completely dark

Question 8

breed crime

Answer 8

poverty that breed crime

Question 9

substantial meal

Answer 9

(F) big meal

Question 10

poached chicken

Answer 10

Hầm

Question 11

dump heavy snow

Answer 11

tuyết lớn
Winter storms can dump a heavy snow

Question 12

bitterly disappointed

Answer 12

im bitterly disappointed when she stood me up

Question 13

stand me up

Answer 13

cho leo cây

Question 14

flake

Answer 14

unreliable, eccentric, unconventional person
He’d never showed up, he was a flake

Question 15

notorious

Answer 15

(neg) famous for sth bad
notorious for paying the bills late

Question 16

extremely eccentric

Answer 16

somewhat/engagingly eccentric
considered by other people to be strange or unusual
eccentric behavior/clothes

Question 17

a storm in a teacup

Answer 17

a lo of anger/worry abt sth that is not important
the whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup

Question 18

blow over in no time

Answer 18

to go away without having a serious effect\
the scandal will soon blow over

Question 19

in less than no time

Answer 19

in next to no time
so soon, so quickly that it is suprising
these momets will pass me by in less than no time

Question 20

in your own time

Answer 20

in your own good time
when u are ready, not sooner
don’t hassle him, he’ll do it in his own good time

Question 21

in your own sweet way

Answer 21

how/when you want to, even this might annoy other people
she just ignores all the criticisms and continues in her own sweet way

Question 22

pull my leg

Answer 22

to play a joke on sb, usually by making them believe sth that is not true
it is your car or you r pulling my leg