Vocabulary Quiz 5

What does it mean to 'wear the pants in your marriage'?

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

• To have the courage to do something difficult or dangerous

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

What does it mean when someone's 'temperament is hot'?

• Thinking so hard or paying attention to something so much that you do not notice anything else that is happening around you

• Becoming angry very easily

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

• To become less involved or connected with somebody/something

What does it mean when 'suspicion grows stronger'?

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

• Used to say that someone gets angry

• To gradually become more suspicious about something

• Thinking so hard or paying attention to something so much that you do not notice anything else that is happening around you

What does it mean when someone 'has the nerve to'?

• To have the courage to do something difficult or dangerous

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• Becoming angry very easily

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

What does it mean when 'temper/anger flares'?

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

• Used to say that someone gets angry

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

What does it mean to 'distance oneself from others'?

• To have the courage to do something difficult or dangerous

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

• To become less involved or connected with somebody/something

• Thinking so hard or paying attention to something so much that you do not notice anything else that is happening around you

What does it mean when someone 'ridicules someone'?

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• To have the courage to do something difficult or dangerous

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

• Becoming angry very easily

What does it mean when something is 'nasty'?

• very bad or unpleasant

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• Used to say that someone gets angry

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

What does it mean when something 'dissipates'?

• To become less involved or connected with somebody/something

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

• To have the courage to do something difficult or dangerous

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

What does it mean to be 'deep in thought/conversation'?

• To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

• Thinking so hard or paying attention to something so much that you do not notice anything else that is happening around you

• To gradually become or make something become weaker until it disappears

• To make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way