UNIT 5 - The consumer society

Ph.v: (with)
to be full of people, animals, etc. moving around

Syn: packed with = jam-packed with (very full or crowded)

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Answer explanation

• 1. The streets were teeming with tourists.

• 2. a river teeming with fish

(of rain) - to fall heavily (v) = pour

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Answer explanation

1. 1. The rain was teeming down.

3. 2. It was teeming with rain.

to walk with an effort through something, especially water or mud (verb) - lội
V + across/into/thru + mud/water/river

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Answer explanation

• 1. He waded into the water to push the boat out.

• 2. Sometimes they had to wade waist-deep through mud.

• 3. The men waded ashore.

• 4. We waded across the stream.

• 5. wade something: They waded the river at a shallow point.

to flow, or to make something flow, slowly in a thin stream (verb) [of water]

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Answer explanation

• 1. Tears were trickling down her cheeks.

• 2. Trickle some oil over the salad.

(of people or animals) to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard (verb)

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Answer explanation

• 1, I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.

• 2, I heard someone creeping around the house.

to be a typical example of something (type) - verb

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Answer explanation

• 1. clothes that typify the 1960s

• 2. the new style of politician, typified by the Prime Minister

1. 1. to find something in the ground by digging = dig up

2. 2. to find or discover something by chance or after searching for it

3. verb (earth)

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Answer explanation

1. 1. Police have unearthed a human skeleton.

2. 2. The newspaper has unearthed some disturbing facts.

to show the true character of somebody, or a hidden truth about something

(verb) - mask

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Answer explanation

1. 1. At the end of the play the villain is unmasked.

2. 2. He was unmasked as the author of the article.

to discover something secret or hidden:

(cover)

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Answer explanation

1, The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds.

2. 2. The biography is an attempt to uncover the inner man.

1. 1. to make something more beautiful by adding decoration to it = to decorate

2. 2. to make a story more interesting by adding details that are not always true = to embroider

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Answer explanation

• 1. The huge carved door was embellished with brass door knockers.

• 2. His account of his travels was embellished with details of famous people he met.