Unit 11 Flashcards

1
Q

I had a … dream last night.

A

bizarre

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2
Q

I find it boring when people … about their holidays.

A

boast

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3
Q

A scientist connected her son to a … machine.

A

brainwave

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4
Q

Will you help me undo the …? I can’t reach it at the back.

A

button

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5
Q

I couldn’t sleep becuase I could hear a fly … .

A

buzz

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6
Q

Butter is a … of milk.

A

by‐product

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7
Q

A … is a work of music or literature.

A

composition

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8
Q

A … is a type of competition.

A

contest

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9
Q

India is … populated.

A

densely

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10
Q

Which is your … hand, the left or the right one?

A

dominant

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11
Q

The body can … up to 100 trillion bacteria a day.

A

excrete (ausscheiden, salgılamak)

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12
Q

Some parasites inhabit hair … .

A

follicles

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13
Q

Another life … that keeps us company is the parasite.

A

form

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14
Q

I felt … after taking those pills.

A

groggy

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15
Q

I was … for skipping my English lesson.

A

grounded

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16
Q

As a kid, my tree house was my favourite … .

A

hideout

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17
Q

There’s some … between his words and his actions.

A

inconsistency

18
Q

My skin is dry and … .

19
Q

The … is behind the iris and it helps refract light.

20
Q

Our bodies are host to a … number of bacteria.

A

mindboggling

21
Q

He lived in a monastery as a … .

22
Q

Some parasites just … dead skin cells.

23
Q

Monks had to … transcribed every letter of a word.

A

painstakingly

24
Q

… I’m going to get a big bonus next month.

A

Presumably

25
I phoned her because I wanted to have a ... chat.
proper
26
Some dreams look pretty ... .
random
27
I had a ... nightmare that I was eaten by a sea monster.
recurring
28
Some parasites act as invisible ... recyclers.
refuse
29
I have to ... before the audition.
rehearse
30
I heard they're going to ... Susie.
sack (entlassen)
31
... is a skin disease.
Scabies
32
Flies have speedy brain ... .
signals
33
How many ... live in or on the human body?
species
34
Why is it so difficult to ... a fly?
swat
35
Copying books during the Middle Ages was a ... task.
tedious
36
Don't tense your ... . You're trying to relax.
muscles
37
Monks spend their lives ... books.
transcribing
38
Are you trying to ... me into giving you money?
trick
39
He needed his medicine ... so I ran to the pharmacy.
urgently
40
... numbers of bacteria live in our body.
Vast