Unit 4

Question 1

Setting up

Answer 1

starting from scratch, organising and putting systems in place.

Question 2

Miniscule

Question 3

whereabouts

Answer 3

refers to where something is located.

“Whereabouts is the new office?|”

Question 4

out in the sticks

Answer 4

it’s out in the country, a long way from any metropolitan area

Question 5

to have a good head on one’s shoulders

Answer 5

to be intelligent

Question 6

appoint somebody as

Answer 6

assign a job or role to (someone).

We’ve appointed three new teachers this year.

Question 7

headquarters

Answer 7

the main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a business company:
The company’s headquarters is/are in Amsterdam.

Question 8

outsourcing

Answer 8

the process of paying to have part of a company’s work done by another company:
The management guaranteed that outsourcing wouldn’t mean job losses.

Question 9

redevelopment

Answer 9

the act or process of changing an area of a town by replacing old buildings, roads, etc. with new ones:
Total cost of the proposed redevelopments is not yet known.

Question 10

deduction

Answer 10

the process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about the known facts, or the decision that is reached:
Through a process of deduction, the detectives discovered the identity of the killer.

Question 11

deduce

Answer 11

to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts:
We cannot deduce very much from these figures.

Question 12

intrigued

Answer 12

to interest someone a lot, especially by being strange, unusual, or mysterious:
Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the question of whether there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

Question 13

to have enough on your plate

Answer 13

you have a lot of things to worry about or deal with

Question 14

to pry

Answer 14

to ask a person’s private affairs

Question 15

compact

Answer 15

consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very little space:

Question 16

ready-made

Answer 16

bought or found in a finished form and available to use immediately:
a ready-made frozen meal

Question 17

do up

Answer 17

a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is arranged on top of the head, especially for a special occasion such as a wedding

Question 18

make out

Answer 18

o deal with a situation, usually in a successful way:

How is Frances making out in her new job?

Question 19

make up

Answer 19

to forgive someone and be friendly with them again after an argument or disagreement:
They kissed and made up, as usual.

Question 20

cluttered

Answer 20

untidy, not organized, and covered with a lot of things:

a cluttered desk/room

Question 21

utility room

Answer 21

a room, especially in a house, where large pieces of useful equipment such as a washing machine can be kept and where things can be stored

Question 22

penthouse

Answer 22

an expensive apartment or set of rooms at the top of a hotel or tall building:

Question 23

the talk of the town

Answer 23

many people in town are talking about it in an interested way

Question 24

earmark

Answer 24

o keep or intend something for a particular purpose:

Five billion dollars of this year’s budget is already earmarked for hospital improvements.

Question 25

food for thought

Answer 25

something worth thinking seriously about:

Thank you for your suggestion – it gave us a lot of food for thought.

Question 26

outskirts

Answer 26

the areas that form the edge of a town or city:

The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Question 27

creaking

Answer 27

When a door, floorboard, etc. creaks, it makes a long low sound when it moves or is moved:
The door creaked on its hinges.

Question 28

give or take

Answer 28

possibly a little more or less than the amount or time mentioned:
It’ll be ready at 6:00, give or take a few minutes.

Question 29

head off

Answer 29

to start a journey or leave a place:

What time are you heading off?

Question 30

thingamajig

Answer 30

word used when you cant remember the name of an object

Question 31

whatshisname/ whatshername

Answer 31

when you dont remember a person’s name