Destination C1/C2 - Unit 8

The car can ... to 60 miles per hour in just 6 seconds.

• accelerate

• flow

• leap

• wander

The old man ... his fist and waved it angrily at us.

• tripped

• approached

• clenched

• steered

Meaning: to climb up, across, or into somewhere with difficulty, using the hands and the feet

• clamber

• clench

• clutch

• sink

The prisoner raised his fist in a ... of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom.

• bounce

• route

• gesture

• quay

The audience applauded wildly as the curtain ... on the stage.

• drifted

• descended

• sank

• slipped

A mugger ... her handbag as she was walking across the park.

• grasped

• grabbed

The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to ... the scale of the problem.

• grasp

• grab

All the parents ... of the meeting in protest.

• walked out

• slipped away

• pulled over

• moved out

(phr.v) Meaning: become lost or go to the wrong place

• creep up on

• go astray

• tip up

• stop off

The company is putting up wages to ... a strike.

• move on

• pull over

• stop off

• head off