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Week2 Flashcards

1
Q

perspective

1 meaning

A

1 a way of thinking about Sth,viewpoint

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2
Q

If this weather persists,we’ll have to call( )the picnic.

A

Off

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3
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In the middle of our telephone conversation,we were suddenly cut ( ).

A

Off

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4
Q

Her plans fell ( ) when She had to return home to look after her sick mother.

A

through

Fail

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5
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At first,she didn’t get ( )very well with her boss.

A

On

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6
Q

The milk had gone ( ),so we had black coffee instead.

A

Off

Expired/bad

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7
Q

If you don’t succeed at first,you should keep ( )trying.

A

On

Continue

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8
Q

The meeting was put ( )until the following week.

A

Off

Postpone

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9
Q

Brian takes ( ) his father.they are so similar.

A

After

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10
Q

He has a strong accent and it can sometimes be a bit difficult to make ( )what he’s saying.

A

Out

Understand

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11
Q

They promised to back him ( )if he complained to the boss.

A

Up

Support

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12
Q

She decided to turn ( )the job because the salary was too low.

A

Down

Refuse

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13
Q

He said he was French,but we know he was really British as his accent gave him ( ).

A

Away

Reveal the truth

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14
Q

When business picked up,the company had to take ( )extra staff.

A

On

Employ

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15
Q

The restaurant was very busy,and the manager had to turn ( )a lot of customers.

A

Away

Refuse entry

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16
Q

We ran ( )a few problems when we tired to enter the country without our passport.

A

Up against

Face/encounter

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17
Q

I managed to put ( )some money for a holiday to Spain.

A

By / away

Save

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18
Q

The burglar alarm went ( )in the middle of the night and woke everyone up.

A

Off

Start

19
Q

They didn’t have much money,but somehow they managed to get ( ).

A

By

Manage/survive

20
Q

If you miss too many lessons,you’ll begin to fall ( ).

A

Behind

Fail to keep up with SB

21
Q

She was very pretentious,and liked showing ( )to everyone.

A

Off

Boast

22
Q

The actual work didn’t stretch me.

1 meaning(stretch)

A

Interesting

23
Q

The farm was not commercially viable.

1 meaning(commercially Viable)

A

Not possible to make money

  • Commercially(adv) considering whether a business is making a profit.
  • viable(adj)a viable plan can work successfully
24
Q

redundant

1 meaning
2 synonym (use off)
A

1 to lose one’s job because the company don’t need you anymore (be made redundant >passive)

2 to be laid off (from the company) >passive

25
Q

Properly

A

Correctly,completely

26
Q

Put out

A

Upset,offended

27
Q

let-down

A

Sth is not as good as I expected

28
Q

down-to-earth

A

Practical

29
Q

accurately

A

Correctly,truely

30
Q

frankly

A

(adv)

honestly,openly

31
Q

tearaway

A

(n)

a young person who behave badly

32
Q

turned up

A

be born

33
Q

heart set on

A

determine

34
Q

get rid of

A

throw away

35
Q

sort out

A

tidy up

36
Q

I need to sort ( )my bedroom.Its too mess!

A

out

37
Q

make it

A

Succeed

38
Q

boring,important,sorry

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives?

A

terribly

39
Q

acceptable,adequate,clear

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives

A

perfectly

40
Q

handicapped,limited,weakened

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives

A

severely

41
Q

identical,impossible,unchanged

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives

A

virtually

=almost

42
Q

damaged,needed,wrong

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives

A

badly

43
Q

popular,influential,powerful

1 What adverb can come before that adjectives

A

enormously

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