Vocabulary

Question 1

Mumble

Answer 1

to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand: She mumbled something about being too busy.

Question 2

Dimple

Answer 2

Question 3

Seal someone’s fate

Answer 3

If an action, event, or situation seals your fate, nothing can stop some unpleasant thing happening to you

Question 4

Wanderlust

Answer 4

a strong desire to travel.
“a man consumed by wanderlust

Question 5

Run for president

Answer 5

Se candidatar a presidência

Question 6

At stake

Answer 6

at risk. “people’s lives could be at stake”

Question 7

Straddle

Answer 7

1. sit or stand with one leg on either side of. “he turned the chair around and straddled it”

Question 8

Grudge

Answer 8

1. a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time
   - bear a grudge against. “I don’t bear any grudge against you”
   - have/hold a grudge. “Amanda still has/holds a grudge against me for refusing to lend her that money.”

Question 9

Threat

Answer 9

1. a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done. “members of her family have received death threats”

Question 10

cheapskate

Answer 10

Mão de vaca

Question 11

Get off someone’s back!!

Answer 11

Used to tell someone to stop criticizing you
“Why don’t you get off my back! I’m doing my best”

Question 12

Vendetta

Answer 12

a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that happened in the past:
“He saw himself as the victim of a personal vendetta being waged by his political enemies.”

Question 13

Answer 13

Straw