Vocabulary Unit 7

Question 1

juggler

Answer 1

a person who juggles objects in order to entertain people

Question 2

acrobatics

Answer 2

the skills of an acrobat:

He had spent the last ten years in a Peking Opera school, studying martial arts and acrobatics.

Question 3

clown

Answer 3

an entertainer who wears funny clothes, has a painted face, and makes people laugh by performing tricks and behaving in a silly way

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someone who behaves in a silly way, often intentionally

Question 4

confident

Answer 4

having confidence:

Be a bit more confident in yourself!
They don’t sound confident about the future of the industry.
I’m confident of his skills as a manager.
[ + that ] Are you confident that enough people will attend the event?
It was a confident performance.

Question 5

patient

Answer 5

having patience:

Dinner will be ready in half an hour - just be patient!
Be patient with her - she’s very young.

Question 6

Talent

Answer 6

(someone who has) a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught:

Her talent for music showed at an early age.
His artistic talents were wasted in his boring job.

Question 7

Rely on

Answer 7

to need a particular thing or the help and support of someone or something in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed:

[ + -ing verb ] The success of this project relies on everyone making an effort.
I rely on you for good advice.
[ + to infinitive ] I’m relying on the garage to fix the car by tomorrow.

Question 8

trust

Answer 8

to believe that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable:

My sister warned me not to trust him.
Trust me - I know about these things.
Trust your instincts, and do what you think is right.
I don’t trust air travel - it’s unnatural.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] I trust him to make the right decision.
That man is not to be trusted.
I wouldn’t trust him with my car.
Sometimes you have to trust in the goodness of human nature.
However much you plan an expedition like this, you still have to trust to luck to a certain extent.

Question 9

Chance

Answer 9

an occasion that allows something to be done:

I didn’t get/have a chance to speak to her.
[ + to infinitive ] If you give me a chance to speak, I’ll explain.
Society has to give prisoners a second chance when they come out of jail.
He left and I missed my chance to say goodbye to him.
I’d go now given half a chance (= if I had the slightest opportunity).

Question 10

Right

Answer 10

correct:

You got three answers right and two wrong.
I set the clock to the right time.
“Is that Ms Kramer?” “Yes, that’s right.”
Am I right in thinking (= is it true) that you will be at the conference?
You’re right to be annoyed - you’ve been treated very badly.
You must put matters right (= make the situation better) by telling the truth.

Question 11

Make (cause to be)

Answer 11

to cause something to be, become, or appear in a particular way:

If you open some windows, you’ll make it cooler.
He said something that made her angry.
We can sit closer together and make room (= provide space) for one more.
We’re making our attic into a spare bedroom.

Question 12

Achieve

Answer 12

to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort:

The government’s training policy, he claimed, was achieving its objectives.
She finally achieved her ambition to visit South America.
I’ve been working all day, but I feel as if I’ve achieved nothing.

Question 13

Attitude

Answer 13

a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this:

It’s often very difficult to change people’s attitudes.
[ + that ] She takes the attitude that children should be allowed to learn at their own pace.
He has a very bad attitude to/towards work.
He seems to have undergone a change in/of attitude recently, and has become much more cooperative.
I don’t like your attitude (= the way you are behaving).
That boy has a real attitude problem (= behaves in a way that makes it difficult for other people to have a relationship with him or work with him).

Question 14

Donation

Answer 14

to give money or goods to help a person or organization:

An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
Please donate generously.

Question 15

Crime

Answer 15

an illegal act:

He has admitted committing several crimes, including fraud.
The defendant is accused of/charged with a range of crimes, from theft to murder.
A knife was found at the scene of the crime (= the place where the crime happened).
Bombing civilians is a crime against humanity (= a cruel crime against many people).

Question 16

tough

Answer 16

difficult to do or to deal with:

They’ve had an exceptionally tough life.
They will be a tough team to beat.
The company is going through a tough time at the moment.
We’ve had to make some very tough decisions.
My boss has given me a tough job/assignment.
Many homeless people are facing a tough winter.

Question 17

Support

Answer 17

to agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want him, her, or it to succeed:

My father supported the LabourDemocratic Party all his life.
The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a new school.
I think it’s important to support local businesses by buying locally.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] We will always do our best to support our students to succeed

Question 18

Daily

Answer 18

happening on or relating to every day:

Take the tablets twice daily.
Exercise has become part of my daily routine.
We back up our computer files at work on a daily basis.
She’s looking forward to retiring and ending the daily grind (= hard, boring work or duty) of working in an office.

Question 19

Apart from

Answer 19

except for or not considering:

He works until nine o’clock every evening, and that’s quite apart from the work he does over the weekend.
Apart from the salary/Salary apart, it’s not a bad job.
Apart from you and me/You and me apart, I don’t think there was anyone there under 30.

Question 20

Run

Answer 20

to (cause something to) operate:

Keep clear of the machines while they’re running.
The government took desperate measures to keep the economy running.
Do you know how to run this sort of machinery?
The mechanic asked me to run the engine (= switch it on and allow it to work) for a minute.
They had the new computer system up and running (= working) within an hour.
We’ve run the computer program, but nothing happens.
We’re running (= doing) an experiment.

Question 21

Expect

Answer 21

to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive:

We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job.
[ + (that) ] I expect (that) you’ll find it somewhere in your bedroom.
I expect (that) he’d have left anyway.
[ + to infinitive ] He didn’t expect to see me.
The financial performance of the business is fully expected (= almost certain) to improve.
We were half expecting you not to come back.

Question 22

Set up

Answer 22

the way in which things are organized or arranged:

When I started my new job, it took me a while to get used to the set-up.
“Nice little set-up you’ve got here,” he said as we showed him around the house.

Question 23

Escape

Answer 23

to get free from something, or to avoid something:

Two prisoners have escaped.
A lion has escaped from its cage.
She was lucky to escape serious injury.
He narrowly (= only just) escaped a fine.
His name escapes me (= I have forgotten his name).
Nothing important escapes her notice/attention.

Question 24

Drop out

Answer 24

to stop going to school before finishing the course of instruction:

He dropped out of school when he was 16.

Question 25

Neighborhood

Answer 25

an area with characteristics that make it different from other areas, or the people who live in a particular area:

This is a nice, quiet neighborhood, with modest single-family homes.

Question 26

Charity

Answer 26

a system of giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home, or any organization that has the purpose of providing money or helping in this way:

She does a lot of work for charity.
People tend to give to (= give money to) charity at Christmas time.
Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to (= be given to) local charities.
UNICEF is an international charity.
They did a charity performance on the first night, to raise money for AIDS research.

Question 27

succeed

Answer 27

If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been aiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted:

She’s been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she’s finally succeeded.
You need to be pretty tough to succeed in the property world.
The campaign has certainly succeeded in raising public awareness of the issue.
humorous Richard succeeded in offending (= managed unintentionally to offend) just about everybody in the room!

Question 28

Value

Answer 28

to consider something important:

I’ve always valued her advice.

Question 29

Perform

Answer 29

to do an action or piece of work:

Computers can perform a variety of tasks.
The operation will be performed next week.
Most of the students performed well in the exam.

Question 30

donate

Answer 30

to give money or goods to help a person or organization:

An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
Please donate generously.

Question 31

vary

Answer 31

If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other, and if you vary them, you cause them to be different from each other:

Salary scales vary between states/from state to state/according to state/with each state.
The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable.
We have tried several different approaches, with varying degrees of success.

Question 32

entertain

Answer 32

to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves:

We hired a magician to entertain the children.
Most children’s television programmes aim to educate and entertain at the same time.