Vocabulary B2

Which word is the synonym of "precarious"?

• easy
• unsafe/insecure
• carless
• safe

I .............. whether or not to come this morning.

• was in two minds

• hard to swallow

• take my mind off

• weight off my shoulders

It suddenly ......... that maybe Stephanie had been right.

• crossed his brain

• crossed his mind

• crossed his head

• slipped his mind

I forgot I'd arranged to meet Richard last night - it completely .............

• slipped on ice

• crossed my legs

• crossed my mind

• slipped my mind

there is more to someone than meets the eye

• used for saying that someone has qualities or experience that someone else does not know about

• to be forgotten

• you think of it, but often not for very long or very seriously

• to give something too much importance

take your mind off something

• you think of it, but often not for very long or very seriously

• to give something too much importance

• to make you stop thinking or worrying about something

• to control something less strictly

shrivelled

• to become dry, smaller, and covered with lines as if by crushing or folding

• very full of people or things

• larger than usual

• showing little energy or interest

Buying a house often places a large financial ..... on young couples.

• facility

• stone

• burden

• trouble

hard to take/swallow

• a heavy load that you carry

• difficult to accept or deal with

• to start being better/worse

• to make you stop thinking or worrying about something

warts and all

• kept within a particular size, range, time, or group

• someone who intentionally causes problems for other people,especially people who are in a position of power or authority

• enthusiastic and interested in many different areas of a subject

• describing or including all the bad qualities in a person's character, with no attempt to hide them