unit 3 headway upper intermediate

Question 1

to be sacked

Answer 1

verb [transitive]
1 British English informal to dismiss someone from their job SYN fire
They couldn’t sack me – I’d done nothing wrong.
sack somebody from something
He was sacked from every other job he had.
sack somebody for (doing) something
He was sacked for being drunk.
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In written and formal British English, people often prefer to use dismiss rather than sack:
People can be dismissed for misusing the Internet at work.
2 to knock down the quarterback in American football
3 if soldiers sack a place, they go through it destroying or stealing things and attacking people

Question 2

dawn

Answer 2

/dɔːn $ dɒːn/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
1 the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears SYN daybreak, → dusk
at dawn
The boats set off at dawn.
When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta.
I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to get the plane.
We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light).
the cold light of dawn

Question 3

towed away

Answer 3

/təʊ $ toʊ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain
The ship had to be towed into the harbor.
tow something away
Our car had been towed away.

Question 4

in tow

Answer 4

informal following closely behind someone or something
Hannah arrived with her four kids in tow.
He turned up at my office with two lawyers in tow.

Question 5

moved to tears

Answer 5

EMOTION [transitive] to make someone feel strong emotions, especially of sadness or sympathy
be deeply/genuinely/profoundly moved
Russell was deeply moved by what he heard.
His speech moved the audience to tears.

Question 6

thriller

Answer 6

/ˈθrɪlə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
a book or film that tells an exciting story about murder or crime

Question 7

page turner

Question 8

Londoners

Question 9

double decker bus

Question 10

giving news

Answer 10

did you hear about?
the incredible thing was that
apparently
anyway, in the end
it says here that
what happened was

Question 11

asking for more information

Answer 11

how did it happen
did he die?
who called the police
then what happened
where did this happen

Question 11

reacting to news

Answer 11

really?
that;s amazing
you’re kidding
I don;t believe it
that’s such a shame

Question 11

prolific writer

Answer 11

/prəˈlɪfɪk/ adjective
1 a prolific artist, writer etc produces many works of art, books etc
Handel’s prolific output of opera
2 a prolific sports player produces a lot of runs, goals etc
the most prolific goalscorer this decade
3 an animal or plant that is prolific produces many babies or many other plants
4 existing in large numbers
the prolific bird life

Question 12

her novels had been adapted for

Answer 12

/əˈdɒpt $ əˈdɑːpt/

Question 13

under the pen name

Answer 13

a name used by a writer instead of their real name SYN pseudonym, nom de plume

Question 14

suspense at its best

Answer 14

suspense novel/story/movie etc (=one which is exciting because you do not know what will happen next)

Question 15

best inventors of plots

Answer 15

the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play
The plot was a little confusing.
We discover that Jack isn’t as innocent as he seems, as the plot unfolds (=gradually becomes clearer).

Question 16

unexpected twists

Answer 16

to change the true or intended meaning of a statement, especially in order to get some advantage for yourself
He’s always trying to twist my words and make me look bad.

Question 17

spine-chilling

Answer 17

a spine-chilling story or film is very frightening in a way that people enjoy► see thesaurus at frightening
—spine-chiller noun [countable]

Question 18

page-turner

Question 19

agriculture department

Answer 19

/ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə $ -ər/ ●●○ W2 noun [uncountable]
the practice or science of farming
More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
—agricultural /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl◂/ adjective
agricultural land
agricultural labourers
—agriculturalist noun [countable]

Question 19

clinging woman

Answer 19

/klɪŋ/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle clung /klʌŋ/) [intransitive]
1 [always + adverb/preposition] to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you do not feel safe
cling to/on/at etc
He wailed and clung to his mother.

Question 20

beehives

Question 20

civil war broke out

Answer 20

if something unpleasant such as a fire, fight, or war breaks out, it starts to happen
I was still living in London when the war broke out.
Does everyone know what to do if a fire breaks out?
Fighting broke out between demonstrators and the police.
→ outbreak
2 to escape from a prison
of
Three men have broken out of a top-security jail.
→ breakout
3 to change the way you live because you feel bored
of
She felt the need to break out of her daily routine.
4 break out in spots/a rash/a sweat etc if you break out in spots etc, they appear on your skin
I broke out in a painful rash.
My whole body broke out in a sweat.

Question 21

set up a company

Answer 21

to start a company, organization, committee etc SYN establish
set something ↔ up
They want to set up their own import–export business.
new regulations for setting up political parties
set (yourself) up (as something) (=start your own business)
John decided to set up as a graphic designer.
set up shop/set up in business (=begin operating a business)
Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe.

Question 22

squeaky

Answer 22

/ˈskwiːki/ adjective
1 making very high noises that are not loud
a squeaky voice
squeaky floorboards
never having done anything morally wrong
politicians who are less than squeaky clean
b) completely clean
squeaky clean hair

Question 23

this has since become

Question 24

out of recycled wood

Question 25

launch the project