Unit 14: Moving Abroad

Question 1

Accountable decision-making

Answer 1

phrase making decisions for which you accept responsibility

Question 2

Be the case

Answer 2

phrase to be true

Question 3

Brain drain

Answer 3

noun the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people have their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better

Question 4

Don’t get me wrong

Answer 4

phrase used when you do not want someone to think that you do not like someone or something

Question 5

Feel special ties

Answer 5

phrase to feel an emotional connection with a place or a person

Question 6

Feeling of insecurity

Answer 6

phrase a feeling that you are not safe or protected

Question 7

Fit in

Answer 7

phrasal verb to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them

Question 8

Get ideas across

Answer 8

phrase communicate ideas to other people

Question 9

Have a different take on something

Answer 9

phrase to have a different opinion or different way of thinking about something

Question 10

Language barrier

Answer 10

phrase the difficulty of communication between people who do not speak the same language well

Question 11

Look down on someone

Answer 11

phrasal verb to think that someone is less important or intelligent than you

Question 12

Make good

Answer 12

phrase to succeed and become rich

Question 13

Make the transition

Answer 13

phrase to change from one situation to another

Question 14

Marry up

Answer 14

phrasal verb to combine different things successfully so that they work well together

Question 15

Melting pot

Answer 15

noun a place where people of many different races and from different countries live together

Question 16

Mixed marriage

Answer 16

phrase a marriage between people of different races

Question 17

Peripheral

Answer 17

adjective not as important as other things

Question 18

Preconception

Answer 18

noun an idea or opinion formed before enough information is available for it to be accurate

Question 19

Restrictive

Answer 19

adjective limiting the amount or freedom of something

Question 20

Settle down

Answer 20

phrasal verb to start living in a place where you intend to stay for a long time usually with a partner

Question 21

The driving force

Answer 21

phrase a person or thing that has a very strong influence and makes something happen

Question 22

The essence of something

Answer 22

phrase to be the most important part of the character of something

Question 23

Untapped potential

Answer 23

phrase something that could be useful but that is not being used