VC: T38

After the earthquake, the entrance hall was turned into a ... casualty ward

• piecework

• makeshift

• wayside

• mainstay

Answer explanation

MAKESHIFT: temporary & low quality -> used bc of a sudden need

the MAINSTAY of st: the most important part of st,providing support for everything else

If so FALLs BY THE WAYSIDE, they fail to finish an activity, & if st ~, people stop doing it, making it, or using it

She knows she needs exercise, but finds going to the gym a ....

• toil

• work

• chore

• job

Answer explanation

CHORE: st -> difficult & unpleasant

TOIL: hard work, esp work -> makes u feel physically tired

It's a ... for decent jobs these days, so you need every qualification you can get

• jumble

• scramble

• jostle

• flurry

Answer explanation

SCRAMBLE (for st): a situation -> ppl push, fight /compete with each other -> get/do st

JUMBLE: an untidy+confused mixture of things, feelings, or ideas (of thoughts/ideas)

FLURRY: a sudden, short period of activity, excitement, or interest

Another is that a(n) ... for sweet things during pregnancy makes you more likely to be having a girl, while a boy will make you crave for savoury, salty foods

• propensity

• affinity

• inspiration

• predilection

Answer explanation

have a PREDILECTION for st

-> u like it very much

PROPENSITY: the fact -> so is likely to behave in a particular way, esp bad ~ proclivity

AFFINITY: a close similarity btw 2 things/ an attraction or sympathy for so/st, esp bc of shared characteristics

(ppl feel an ~ for dolphins)

Jack was disappointed not to be promoted as he was given to ... that the job would be his

• say

• realize

• understand

• know

Answer explanation

GIVE so TO UNDERSTAND that:

tell so st, or make them think -> st is true

I know you have a good voice and have ambitions to be an opera singer but do not give up you day ... yet!

Answer explanation

DON'T GIVE UP THE DAY JOB

(infm, humorous) -> tell sb -> they should continue doing what they're used to, rather > st new -> likely to fail

Her ambition and ... determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession

• dogged

• ducked

• wormed

• hounded

Answer explanation

DOGGED: very determined to do st, evne if it's very difficult

Given the appalling weather conditions on top of the mountains, I'd say the chances of their finding any survivors are very ... indeed

• shallow

• remote

• lean

• narrow

Answer explanation

REMOTE = slight

I am not able to go anywhere this weekend because I am up to my ... in work

Answer explanation

BE UP TO ONE's NECK IN ST:

be very busy

He says he has raised certain issues, and the government is debating those issues, and it's important that we ... these concerns

• mull over

• shrivel up

• scroll over

• lash out

Answer explanation

LASH OUT: spend a large amt of money in an unnecessary way/that wastes it + suddenly attack so/st physically or criticize - angrily

SHRIVEL: become dry, smaller, and covered w lines as if by crushing or folding, or to make st do this