VC: T70

The road is packed with vehicles! That’s _______ at rush hour.

• a going concern

• a hue and cry

• part and parcel

• par for the course

Answer explanation

PAR FOR THE COURSE: if a type of behaviour is ~, it's not good -> normal/ as u expected

You will have to learn to face up to a few _______, my boy, before it’s too late.

• home truths

• odd jobs

• second thoughts

• kid gloves

Answer explanation

HOME TRUTHS: a true but unpleasant fact abt urself -> another person tells you

As soon as he read the letter, tears ________ in his eyes.

• soaked up

• welled up

• filled up

• tanked up

Answer explanation

WELL UP: gush/ pour up & away from st

Incoherence, or word ________, refers to speech that is unconnected and conveys no meaning to the listener.

• roll

• blend

• salad

• soup

Answer explanation

WORD SALAD: a mixture of words/ phrases -> confused & difficult to understand

The case alleges that the company _______ female employees on opportunities for promotion.

• short-dated

• short-changed

• short-circuited

• short-handed

Answer explanation

SHORT-CHANGE: treat so unfairly = giving them less than they deserve

SHORT-CIRCUIT: a bad electrical connection ->causes the current to flow in the wrong direction, often having the effect of stopping the power supply

BE SHORTHAND FOR st: be a short or quick way of referring to st/ be another way of saying that st has a particular quality

The city has _______ on the storage building permit, arguing that may not be permissible under updated zoning requirements.

• derided

• taunted

• faltered

• reneged

Answer explanation

RENEGE: break a promise, an agreement, etc

DERIDE: laugh at so/ st in a way -> shows you think they are stupid or of no value

TAUNT: intentionally annoy and upset so by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly at them, etc.:

Aircraft production continued to _______ at an agonizingly slow pace.

• bristle at

• plod along

• fawn over

• bubble over

Answer explanation

PLOD ALONG: make very slow progress, esp w difficult or boring work

Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I _______ at the last moment.

• beavered away

• weaseled out

• chickened out

• clammed up

Answer explanation

CHICKEN OUT: decide not to do st bc u're afraid

The Prime Minister exercised his _______ to decide when to call an election.

• licence

• autocracy

• dispensation

• prerogative

Answer explanation

PREROGATIVE: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person/ group (esp hereditary or official right)

DISPENSATION: special permission, esp from the Church, to do st that is not usually allowed

Protein and B2 in soybean help to metabolize amino acids, which _______ the skin.

• rejuvenate

• recuperate

• overhaul

• reinvigorate

Answer explanation

REJUVENATE : make sb/ st look/ feel younger, more lively/ more modern

RECUPERATE: become well again after an illness; to get back your strength, health, etc.

OVERHAUL: completely change a system so that it works more effectively