Unit 1 - Ring the changes

Question 1

Ring the changes

Answer 1

to do something in a different way in order to make it more interesting

Question 2

A change of heart

Answer 2

If you have a change of heart, you change your opinion or the way you feel about something

Question 3

Heading the wrong way

Answer 3

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Question 4

Step in for someone

Answer 4

to assume a position or take on a responsibility when there is a need or an opportunity to do so.

Question 5

Meeting ‘Mr Right’

Answer 5

to meet the ideal future husband

Question 6

Gaining media attention

Answer 6

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Question 7

Out of the blue

Answer 7

If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected

Question 8

To fall into place

Answer 8

When things fall into place, they happen in a satisfactory way, without problems

Question 9

be in/On the cards

Answer 9

to be likely to happen

Question 10

The rest is history

Answer 10

everything that happened since then is well known

Question 11

To break up

Answer 11

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Question 12

To catch up with

Answer 12

If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you

Question 13

To cheer sb up

Answer 13

If someone cheers up, or something cheers someone up, they start to feel happier

Question 14

To come up with

Answer 14

to suggest or think of an idea or plan

Question 15

To cut back on

Answer 15

reduce the amount or quantity of something, especially expenditure

Question 16

To end up

Answer 16

to finally be in a particular place or situation

Question 17

To get with

Answer 17

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Question 18

To hang around

Answer 18

to move or do things slowly

Question 19

To help out

Answer 19

If you help out, you do a part of someone’s work or give someone money

Question 20

To jump at

Answer 20

to accept something eagerly

Question 21

To pay off (debts)

Answer 21

money paid to someone for something that you want done or to not cause you trouble

Question 22

To run out

Answer 22

to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left

Question 23

To settle in

Answer 23

to become familiar with somewhere new, such as a new house, job, or school, and to feel comfortable and happy there

Question 24

To take on (staff)

Answer 24

to begin to have a particular quality

Question 25

To truck (sb) down

Answer 25

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Question 26

To turn up

Answer 26

If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned

Question 27

Sustainer

Answer 27

someone who upholds or maintains

Question 28

Provider

Answer 28

someone who provides something

Question 29

Keeper

Answer 29

someone with good qualities, who you can have a long relationship with

Question 30

Vigour

Answer 30

strength, energy, or enthusiasm

Question 31

Stimulus

Answer 31

something that causes growth or activity

Question 32

Show up

Answer 32

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Question 33

Built up

Answer 33

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Question 34

Put up

Answer 34

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Question 35

Lay up

Answer 35

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Question 36

Set about

Answer 36

to begin to do or deal with something

Question 37

Come about

Answer 37

to happen, or start to happen

Question 38

Go about

Answer 38

to begin to do something or deal with something

Question 39

Bring about

Answer 39

to cause something to happen:

Question 40

Acupuncturist

Answer 40

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Question 41

Meridian

Answer 41

each of a set of pathways in the body along which vital energy is said to flow

Question 42

Guerrilla

Answer 42

a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces

Question 43

To crochet

Answer 43

to make clothes and other things using wool and a special needle with a hook (= curve) at one end

Question 44

Unforeseen

Answer 44

not expected

Question 45

Tea cosy

Answer 45

a thick covering, like a hat, that is put on a teapot to keep the tea warm

Question 46

Subversive

Answer 46

trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system

Question 47

Extravagantly

Answer 47

in a way that causes you to spend too much money or use too much of something

Question 48

To busk

Answer 48

to play music or sing in a public place so that the people who are there will give money

Question 49

Busker

Answer 49

someone who sings, plays, or performs in a public place so that people will give money

Question 50

Labour-saving appliances

Answer 50

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Question 51

Deplete

Answer 51

to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money,

Question 52

Exhaustive

Answer 52

complete and including everything