Voc

Question 1

this flapper fort knox

Answer 1

اين دهن قرصه قرصه

Question 2

Relapse v/n

She managed to stop using drugs for a month, but then ~ed.

He looked very happy for a brief while, before ~ing into silent misery.

She was looking quit healthy on Friday, but she had/suffered a ~ over the weekend n was taken back into hospital.

Answer 2

Become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement.

Question 3

Excruciating adj

an ~ pain in the lower back

~ boredom

His confession,when it came, was ~.

Answer 3

1) extremely painful

2) extremely boring or embarrassing

Question 4

Excruciatingly adv

Adjective used with “excruciatingly “

Answer 4

~ painful/ uncomfortable / embarrassing/ boring/ funny

Question 5

Make a quick decision or give an answer quickly

I’d never heard about the firm before, so I had to think on my feet

Answer 5

سريع تصميم گرفتن

سريع جواب دادن

Question 6

get/blow something out of proportion

Answer 6

treat something as more serious than it really is

• Aren’t you getting things rather out of proportion?
• The whole issue has been blown out of all proportion.

Question 7

blow over

Answer 7

if an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it becomes gradually less important until it ends or is forgotten

• They weren’t speaking to each other, but I think it’s ~over now.
• I thought that after a few days the argument would ~

Question 8

Household name

Answer 8

A famous person that most people know of

•He was a ~ in the 1950s

Question 9

Stamp (sth) out (sth)

Answer 9

to prevent something bad from continuing/ to get rid of sth that is wrong or harmful.

• the new legislation is intended to ~ child prostitution.
• We aim to stamp out poverty in our lifetimes.

Question 10

Mud sticks (UK saying)

Answer 10

said to mean that :
ppl are likely to believe sth bad that’s said about someone. even if it’s not true.

نكبتى به آدم زود ميچسبد.

Question 11

Grin and bear it

Answer 11

To accept sth bad without complaining

to accept an unpleasant or difficult situation without complaining, usually because you realize there is nothing you can do to make it better

• I really don’t wanna go but I guess I’ll just have to ~.

Question 12

Bear the burnt of sth

Answer 12

Suffer the worst part of sth unpleasant

Question 13

Ring true/false

Answer 13

To seem true/false

• Her explanations didn’t ~ true.
• Sth about his explanation didn’t ring true.

Question 14

If it wasn’t/weren’t for (Also if it hadn’t been for…)

Answer 14

Without

• If it wasn’t ~ life jacket, I would have drowned.
• If it weren’t ~ the press, a lot of things would be swept under the carpet and might never come out into the open.

Question 15

Sweep sth under the carpet ( uk) /rug (us)

Answer 15

Try to keep sth a secret, specially sth you have done wrong
To hide a problem/try to keep it secret instead of dealing with it.

• The committee is being accused of ~ing financial problems ~ to avoid embarrassment.
• If it weren’t for the press, a lot of things would be ~t ~ and might never come out into the open.