Vocab Ch 81-85

Question 1

jot down

Answer 1

write something down to remember (inf.)

Question 2

typescript

Answer 2

an author’s text that has not yet been published

Question 3

to run off

Answer 3

to print out

Question 4

typeface

Answer 4

font

Question 5

a sentence that is indented

Answer 5

begins away from the normal margin

Question 6

superscript

Answer 6

uppered^ characters

Question 7

to have got a thing about

Answer 7

to like or dislike

Question 8

as things are

Answer 8

as the situation is

Question 9

umpteen

Answer 9

lot of

Question 10

'’I gather’’

Answer 10

'’I’ve heared it from someone’’

Question 11

incidentally

Answer 11

used to introduce new subject

Question 12

present company excepted

Answer 12

not including you or me

Question 13

in excess of

Answer 13

more than

Question 14

smattering

Answer 14

small proportion

Question 15

dash/smidgen

Answer 15

very small quantity

Question 16

dollop

Answer 16

small amount (can also be used as large …)

Question 17

'’or words to that effect’’

Answer 17

'’or similar words expressing the same meaning’’

Question 18

to mutter

Answer 18

to mumble (negative)

Question 19

to murmer

Answer 19

to mumble (positive)

Question 20

to shriek

Answer 20

to shout load and very high-pitched

Question 21

to be nagging (at)

Answer 21

criticising fault or duties not done

Question 22

to be bickering over

Answer 22

arguing in an irritated way usually about something petty

Question 23

to be slagging off

Answer 23

to be criticising in an insulting way

Question 24

to wind someone up

Answer 24

to tease / to fool

Question 25

to butter someone up

Answer 25

to say nice things because you want something from someone

Question 26

to lisp

Answer 26

making ‘th’-sounds because of struggles with ‘s’-sounds

Question 27

stammer

Answer 27

speak with abnormal pauses and repetitions

Question 28

i.e.

Answer 28

that is

Question 29

ID

Answer 29

identity document

Question 30

NB

Answer 30

note well

Question 31

IQ

Answer 31

intelligence quotient

Question 32

PTO

Answer 32

please turn over

Question 33

USB

Answer 33

universal serial bus

Question 34

bedsit

Answer 34

one room: bedroom and sitting room

Question 35

sitcom

Answer 35

situational comedy

Question 36

wi-fi

Answer 36

wireless fidelity

Question 37

AIDS

Answer 37

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 38

NATO

Answer 38

North Atlantic Treaty Orginisation

Question 39

VAT

Answer 39

value-added-tax

Question 40

ed. / eds.

Answer 40

editor / editors

Question 41

cf.

Answer 41

compare