VC: T32

This conservative, evangelical megachurch, just outside San Diego, is a .... of activity on a SUnday morning

• seat

• hive

• home

• mest

Answer explanation

HIVE OF ACTIVITY: sw -> there're lots of activities taking place simultaneously

Mr Jones is ..., unfortunately, so you'll have to call again tomorrow

• indisposed

• indifferent

• inimitable

• incongruous

Answer explanation

INDISPOSED: unable to do bc u're ill/ for a reason u don't wanna give

INCONGRUOUS: unusual or different from what is around or generally happening

INIMITABLE: very unusual/ of very high quality -> not possible to copy

HE tried to be as ... as possible, but his garish attire made it difficult

• incongruous

• incessant

• amenable

• accessible

Answer explanation

INCONGRUOUS: not attracting attention, not easy to notice

AMENABLE (to):willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion

INCESSANT: never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way (rain/noise/complaints)

GARISH: unpleasantly bright

tHROUGH A SERIES OF PROTESTATIONS AND EXCLAMATIONS, COYNESS AND GIGGLING, I ... THAT SHE WAS TALKING TO HER BOYFRIEND

• ASSEMBLED

• AMASSED

• HARVESTED

• GATHERED

Answer explanation

GATHER: believe/understand -> st's true bc of info/evidence u have

ASSEMBLE: come together in a single place/bring parts together in a single group [C2]

AMASS: get a large amount of sT, esp $ or info by collecting it over a long period

It gets my ... that she expects to look after tê children every afternoon

• horse

• dog

• beetle

• goat

Answer explanation

GET ONE's GOAT: annoy sb

They're not likely to ... information during the current armed conflict

• cop out

• peter out

• pull out

• ladle out

Answer explanation

LADLE OUT: give sb a lot of st, esp $ or advice

COP OUT: avoid doing st -> u should do/ u've promised to do bc u are frightened, shy, or u think it's too difficult

PETE OUT: gradually stop or disappear

I offered to do the job, but soon found that I was ... as it was more difficult than I thought

• off my hands

• knocking on wood

• in over my head

• pushing up daisies

Answer explanation

BE IN OVER ONE's HEAD: be involved in a difficult situation -> cannot get out of

BE PUSHING UP DAISIES: to be dead (humorous)

KNOCK ON WOOD: said -> avoid bad luck, either when you mention good luck that you've had in the past or when you mention hopes you have for the future

The well-known ... clash btw the President and the rebel leader is not making things easier

• mood

• character

• personality

• enemy

Answer explanation

PERSONALITY CLASH: encounter btw ppl -> characters/overall behavior conflict

We hurried back to our car as we saw the clouds ... over he mountain

• holding off

• beating down

• bucketing down

• rolling in

Answer explanation

ROLL IN: arrive in great numbers/ amts

BUCKET DOWN: rain heavily

BEAT DOWN: if the suns ~, it shines very strongly and makes the air very hot

HOLD OFF [C2]: to not do st immediately

Colin is only just ...; he gets unemployment benefit, but it's not much

• putting aside

• tiding over

• bailing out

• scraping by

Answer explanation

SCRAPE BY: have only enough $ to pa for the basic things u need