VC: T27

The draconian Special Powers Act was never ... despite the election promises

• repealed

• nullified

• annulled

• abolished

Answer explanation

if a government REPEALs a law -> causes that law no longer have any legal force

NULLIFY: make a legal agreement/decision have no legal force + cause st to have no value or effect

ANNUL: to officially announce ->st (a law, agreement, or marriage) no longer exists

Samantha likes the sound of her own voice so much that you can't ...

• get a kick out of it

• get into her stride

• get a grip on herself

• get a word in edgewise

Answer explanation

GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE: have an opportunity to speak

GET A GRIP ON ONESELF: control your emotions

GET INTO ONE'S STRIDE: be familiar w & confident at st u've recently started doing

His plan went up in ... when the bank manager refused him a loan

• smog

• storm

• clouds

• smoke

Answer explanation

GO UP IN SMOKE: be wasted

We were looking forward to a pay rise when the boss ... a bombshell and said we were fired

• threw

• slumpd

• plunged

• dropped

Answer explanation

if so DROPs A BOMBSHELL, they give u a sudden piece of bad/unexpected news

The newspaper got hold of the story and blew it up out of all ...

• scale

• range

• proportion

• dimension

Answer explanation

BLOW ST OUT OF PROPERTION: treat a particular event/ problem far too seriously

I was enjoying my lazy Sunday so my spirits ... when I saw Ant Agnes heading up the path

• plummeted

• declined

• dwindled

• shrivelled

Answer explanation

PLUMMET: fall very quickly & suddenly

SHRIVEL: become much smaller > is needed /wanted

DWINDLE: become smaller in size/ amt/ fewer in number

I know I have to ... with the times, but I don't like using a computer

• swell

• move

• stetch

• play

Answer explanation

MOVE WITH THE TIMES: change & become >> modern, bc attitudes/fashions are changing

Jimmy's mom ... with pride when he went up to collect his model

• stretched

• bulged

• swelled

• blew

Answer explanation

SWELL: become larger & rounder > usual; (cause to) increase in size/amt

BULGE: stick out in a O shape

He got back on his ... very quickly after the accident

• toes

• feet

• nails

• fingers

Answer explanation

GET BACK ON ONE'S FEET: be healthy again after a period of illness

I wish Edward would conform a bit. He seems to be constantly ... with everyone else

• out of hand

• beside the point

• beside himself

• out of step

Answer explanation

OUT OF STEP WITH so/st:

not having te same ideas/ beliefs as other ppl; not being aware of others' beliefs