Unit 5

Question 1

The feel-good factor

Answer 1

The quality in something that makes people feel happy and positive

Question 2

To lounge around

Answer 2

To spend time sitting or lying somewhere and not doing very much

Question 3

To lose track of time

Answer 3

To become unaware of the passing of time

Question 4

To be true to yourself

Answer 4

To behave in accordance with your beliefs

Question 5

To play to your strengths

Answer 5

To do things that you know you can do or avoid doing things u know u can’t do

Question 6

To have a heart-to-heart

Answer 6

To have an honest open conversation with someone about feelings

Question 7

To fly off the handle

Answer 7

To suddenly become angry with someone

Question 8

For its own sake

Answer 8

If you do something foritsownsake, you do it because it isinterestingandenjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it.

Question 9

Wish + past simple

Answer 9

-Something that is not true in the present
-We want our situation to be different

Question 10

Wish + would + infinitive

Answer 10

-General wishes for the future
-Irritating habits

Question 11

If only + past perfect + !

Answer 11

Strong regret

Question 12

If only + would/wouldn’t + Ing

Answer 12

To criticise behaviours

Question 13

Wish + past perfect

Answer 13

-Things we feel sorry about
-To express regret

Question 14

Wish + could + infinitive

Answer 14

Express abilities we would like to have

Question 15

It’s (high/about) time + past simple

Answer 15

-Express the action should have been done before
-To talk about the present or future

Question 16

Would + rather + past simple

Answer 16

To talk about our preferences for the present or the future

Question 17

Would + rather + past perfect

Answer 17

To express something we wanted to happen in the past

Question 18

Make ends meet

Answer 18

To have enough money to live and buy what you want

Question 19

Intriguing

Answer 19

Interesting but strange, mysterious, unusual

Question 20

Squander

Answer 20

To waste money or opportunities by not using them to your advantage

Question 21

Come up with

Answer 21

To think of an idea

Question 22

Clear-cut

Answer 22

Easy to be certain about

Question 23

On two counts

Answer 23

In two ways, true in different ways

Question 24

Unassuming

Answer 24

No desire to be noticed or receive special treatment. No wish for attention or admiration

Question 25

Inadvertently

Answer 25

Do something without realising that you are doing it. Non intentional

Question 26

Insipid

Answer 26

Without taste or something special. No character or energy.

Question 27

Nonchalant

Answer 27

Behaving calmly and not seeming interested or worried about anything.

Question 28

Nondescript

Answer 28

Ordinary and not unusual. Without interesting features.

Question 29

Disgruntled

Answer 29

Annoyed or disappointed with something or someone because it didn’t happen in the way you expect to.

Question 30

The words slipped off my tongue

Answer 30

Something that you say accidentally or you wanted to say it in a different way.

Question 31

To stretch the truth

Answer 31

To say something that is not completely true or honest in order to make it sound better.

Question 32

Tailor-made

Answer 32

Specially made for a specific purpose.

Question 33

Consumer-driven

Answer 33

Influenced by the actions and needs of consumers.

Question 34

High-minded

Answer 34

High moral or standards of behaviour.