Vocabulary Set 1

Question 1

Replication

Answer 1

The process in which a virus, a piece of dna makes a copy of itself

• the medicine was found to reduce viral replication and helped patients recover more quickly.
• doctor prescribed me a medicine to stop virus from replicating.
• the key to replication is designing around simplicity not complexity
• the medication will slow down the replication of the virus
• these chemicals increase the number of dna replications in the target cell population.

Question 2

Response

Answer 2

• Responses to our advertisement have been disappointing
• management have granted a ten percent pay rise in response to union pressure
• I am writing in response to your email

Question 3

Twice as much/many

Answer 3

Twice as much = 2 * base
Two times more = 2*base +base

• Two of us can fill out twice as many applications in half the time

Question 4

Torment

Answer 4

You cause a person or animal to suffer or worry

• the animals are tormented mercilessly
• it tormented me all day - had I said the wrong thing and hurt her feelings?
• after three days of torment, she went to a dentist

Question 5

Overstepped

Answer 5

To go further than what is considered acceptable or correct
Go beyond what is acceptable

• I think you are overstepping your authority
• the bad language in that show overstepped the limits/ boundaries of what should be allowed on tv.
• I may have overstepped with your spice drawer

Question 6

Gag

Answer 6

Almost vomit
I hate sushi. It makes me gag(nauseous)
Smell of liver cooking makes me egg
I tried my best to eat it but the meat was so fatty I gagged on it.

Question 7

See someone verb

Answer 7

I didn’t want see him dance

Question 8

Mind

Answer 8

I don’t mind hurting kids’ feelings

Question 9

Walk through

Answer 9

We can walk through the park

Question 10

The sun will be setting

Question 11

Kick it up a notch

Answer 11

To try harder / make more effort/ make sth more exciting, intense or interesting
To increase the level of something suddenly
- the driver kicked his speed up a notch
- if you want to kick it up a notch, try it out with the red pepper jelly

Question 12

Compromise

Answer 12

To accept that you will reduce your demands or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement

• well, you want $400 and I want $300. Let’s compromise at $350

To allow your principles to be less strong or your standard or your morals to be lower

• don’t compromise your beliefs/principles for the sake of being accepted
• his political career ended when he compromised himself by accepting bribes

Put sth/so at risk
- we would never compromise the safety of our passengers

Question 13

I know not to hold it by the lid

Answer 13

Don’t hold it by the lid

Question 14

Did it get longer ?

Question 15

I just read it off the wall

Question 16

I don’t have to keep it a secret from my mom anymore

Question 17

I just want things to be back to the way they were

Question 18

Who looks the most like the bad boy ?

Answer 18

Who looks the most like me ? 
Who looks the oldest in this picture ? 
Who looks the worst in this picture ? 
Who looks the most like you ? 
Who do you love most in our family?

Question 19

Loosen up

Answer 19

To stretch your muscles, esp by doing special exercises before a hard physical activity

• he always spent 20 mins loosening up before going for his morning run
• I was so nervous at the beginning of the interview but loosened up after a while
• I know what you loosen up. Hot bathroom and cup of tea.

Question 20

Incompetent

Answer 20

Not having the ability to do something as it should be done

• an incompetent teacher
• he has described the government as corrupt and the incompetent

Question 21

You remind me of a young me

Question 22

That is the most meanest thing that anyone has ever said to me

Question 23

She still makes more sense than the blonde one

Question 24

You have been too inseparable than ever lately

Answer 24

We are inseparable than ever now