Voc 2

Question 1

capricious, fearful, irresponsible

Answer 1

skittish

Question 2

the main force or impact

Answer 2

the brunt of (eg, the brunt of the slowdown is falling on the manufacturing sector)

Question 3

the state of being asleep

Answer 3

slumberland (a first-class ticket to slumberland)

Question 4

market condition that will cause the most discomfort for market participants

Answer 4

the pain trade

Question 5

A wire used to set off concealed explosives, as one stretched across a footpath to be stuck and activated by the foo of an enemy soldier

Answer 5

Tripwires (‘there are the real tripwires)

Question 6

to make smth legal

Answer 6

to proscribe

Question 7

to raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (idea or possibility)

Answer 7

to moot

Question 8

upside down; a state of utter confusion

Answer 8

topsy-turvy

Question 9

to agree or correspond; calculate the total number of

Answer 9

to tally

Question 10

to ascribe, credit to OR to achieve, to attain

Answer 10

to chalk up (chok): to chalk up his failure to inexperience;

Question 11

to continue in a persistent but low-key way

Answer 11

to rumble on

Question 12

to lie or be exposed to a pleasant warmth

Answer 12

to bask (in the sunshine)

Question 13

to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower

Answer 13

to wilt

Question 14

to inflict or execute (eg, punishment, vengeance, damage

Answer 14

to wreak (damage to the economy)

Question 15

to indicate or make known indirectly; hint

Answer 15

to intimate