VC: T21

While the other teams actively ... the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing

• ace for

• bode for

• vie for

• strike for

Answer explanation

VIE FOR : compete for sth

BODE st FOR: be an omen of a particular outcome.

People are more ... when they are young so the environment in which children live will greatly influence their personality

• malleable

• permeable

• ductile

• facile

Answer explanation

MALLEABLE: easily influenced, trained, or controlled

DUCTILE: A ~ metal can be bent/ stretched easily

FACILE: A ~ remark/ theory is too simple & has not been thought about enough

Having not traveled anywhere before, Ellis was in ... about her first visit to Paris

• gaiety

• delirium

• exaltation

• raptures

Answer explanation

(in) RAPTURE: extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement

GAIETY: happiness and excitement (old-fashioned)

DELIRIUM: a state of being unable to think/speak clearly bc of fever/mental confusion

• + a state of extreme excitement or happiness

EXALTATION: a very strong feeling of happiness (formal)

The tickets for the concert were ... within 3 hrs of going on sale

• wrapped up

• snapped up

• clocked up

• seized up

Answer explanation

SNAP UP: buy/ obtain sth quickly bc it's cheap or u want it very much

WRAP UP: to complete or finish st

CLOCK UP: to win/ achieve a large number of similar things

SEIZE UP: to stop being able to move/work in the normal way

While some ... of endearment have remained popular, others like "tomato" or "lambkin" have fallen out of style

• terms

• captions

• titles

• phrases

Answer explanation

A TERM OF ENDEARMENT:

ten biet danh goi than mat

Johnny was so nervous at his new school that that when he introduced himself, he ... the first few words before he could speak smoothly again

• stammered

• mumbled

• giggled

• muttered

Answer explanation

STAMMER = STUTTER: speak w difficulty, repeating sounds /words & stop, before saying things correctly

MUMBLE: speak quietly & in a way -> not clear -> the words are difficult to understand

MUTTER: speak quietly & in a low voice -> not easy to hear, often when you are worried/complaining abt st

Annie has always worn her heart on her ... so it is not difficult to guess whom she had a crush on

• collar

• face

• hat

• sleeve

Answer explanation

WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE:

make ur feelings & emotions obvious rather than hiding them

I need to meet with Jim before the negotiations to make sure that we will be on the same ... when we meet with other company

• line

• boat

• page

• stage

Answer explanation

ON THE SAME PAGE:

understand & agree w what I being done o suggested

The secret birthday party plan was about t be spoiled had Mary not ... in time

• jacked in

• clammed up

• eked out

• slacked off

Answer explanation

CLAM UP: suddenly stop talking or explaining st

EKE st OUT: use st slowly or carefully bc you only have a small amt of it

JACK IN: give up or stop doing st, esp a job.

SLACK OFF: work less hard/ to be less than is usual or necessary

In a ..., you can use margarine, but it is better to use unsalted butter

• seed

• drip

• drop

• pinch

Answer explanation

st that you can do IN A PINCH can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like