VC: T1

She was ___________ with excitement, imagining how fun her first vacation abroad would be after years working without resting.

• bubbling over

• bristling at

• plodding along

• fawning over

Answer explanation

be so filled w st (emotion/ idea...)

I like both teaching and researching so the position of a professor in college is a kind of halfway ___________ between the two for me.

• line

• road

• hunch

• house

Answer explanation

HALFWAY HOUSE: st -> combines particular features of 2 oter things, esp -> try to please ppl -> don't like 2 things on their own

I had to give up on having a pet dog because whenever it got sick, a trip to the vet would ___________.

• wipe me out

• dry me out

• clean me out

• clear me out

Answer explanation

CLEAN SB OUT: use all of sb's $

By successfully ___________ two seconds off his last best time, our son has not only won the first prize but also set the world record.

• cutting

• sizing

• gashing

• clipping

Answer explanation

CLIP OFF: reduce the time it takes to do st = a particular length of time

It is not definite that the company will accept our offer, but there's a ___________ chance so there is no reason not to try.

• sporting

• bragging

• pumping

• bubbling

Answer explanation

if there's a SPORTING CHANCE that st will happen, it's possible that it'll happen

Living in the commuter ___________ is fine, but I’m planning to move into the city centre.

• pane

• line

• skirt

• belt

Answer explanation

COMMUTER BELT: the area surrounding a large city, where many ppl who work in the city live

Be careful before you sign the contract, remember to read every details including the ___________ print.

• hidden

• fine

• clean

• bold

Answer explanation

THE FINE PRINT: text in a formal agreement -> printed smaller than the rest of the text

The food tour was great, except for the insects, they looked and tasted so horrible that I ___________ with disgust.

• GRIMACED

• GLOATED

• GRINNED

• CHUCKLED

Answer explanation

GRIMACE (at sb/ st): make an ugly expression w ur face to show pain, dislike, etc

___________ your heart and mind of sinful thoughts before you enter the pagoda.

• liberate

• purify

• cleanse

• clean

Answer explanation

CLEANSE: take away sb's guilt feelings or sin

Unfortunately, the victim didn’t make it to the hospital, he was pronounced ___________.

• dead from the neck up

• dead on sight

• dead in the water

• dead on arrival

Answer explanation

DEAD ON ARRIVAL: (of an accident victim/ other patient) already dead when arriving at a hospital