VOCAB CHECK-UP 1

In today’s harsh business world, one can not simply rest after having achieved a certain goal, as by ___________________________ we are letting our opponents to catch up, resulting in detrimental results.

• letting our hair down

• resting on our laurels

• blowing off some steam

• burning the midnight oil

The act of exposing students' fault in weekly school meetings is not only _________________ but also unacceptably humiliating.

Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Margaret used to spend sleepless nights partying with her friends when she was a young lady. Now, overloaded with work and mother’s duty, she bitterly realized that a sound sleep seems like a _________ to her.

Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Though students from well-to-do families often take full-ride scholarships for granted, ones with an impecunious background surely feel ______________ when winning them.

• on top of things

• down in the dumps

• down in the mouth

• on top of the world

Once addicted to alcohol and addictives alike, celebrities may find it difficult to ______________________ to normal sobriety on and off stage.

• make their way

• work their fingers to the bone

• claw their way back

• keep plugging away

The success rate of people achieving New Year's ___________ is recorded roughly 10 percent since many fail to stick to their ideal, yet impractical goals.

Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Since communicating in English became her ______________ , she has been able to come out of her shell and ardently taking part in a wide range of international programs.

Fill in the blank with one suitable phrase.

In the 2019’s Asian U23 Championship, Vietnam had made a _____________ by making it to the final round after many heart-breaking wins towards truculent opponents in the area.

Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

After Luna travel to New York on her holidays without saying anything, May regretted for arguing with her and eventually realized that it is not until she was left _____________________________ that she acknowledged the importance of her friendship.

Fill in the blank with one suitable idiom.

Albeit at the age of 10, being diagnosed with a lack of sufficient amount of growth hormone, which might seem to be an _________________ hardship for the footballer career, Lionel Messi, with his outstanding innate talent, had made his way through the Barca FC, and the rest is history.

Fill in the blank with one suitable word.