CPE Listening Parts 1 and 2 Vocabulary

What does the image represent? It shows a person ...

• slouching

• bending

• lying

• kneeling

It hints more at a propensity to get diverted from the issues ... hand.

• in

• on

• at

• of

A notepad and pen will be more effectual in suggesting you’re ...,

• at the ball

• with the ball

• in the ball

• on the ball

The movers and shakers are..

• are sportsmen and women

• people with a lot of power and influence

• are experts in an area

• are public transport workers

When you blurt out something, you

• say something suddenly, and without thinking of the results

• unintentionally drop an object

• drop an object intentionally

• are too straightforward and hurt someone's feelings

If you speak ..., you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first

• off the steering wheel

• off the cuff

• off the bracelet

• off the strap

to interrupt a conversation in order to say something:

• chip in

• ship in

• cheap in

• sheap in

When you are unable to decide about something, you are

• into two minds

• on two minds

• in two minds

• onto minds

when something is near, kindred, related, similar, alike,

it is ...

• kind to

• akin to

• kine to

• akind to

What is this?

• a fat-lipped fish

• a female fish

• a flirtatious fish

• a thin-lipped fish