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Total questions: 114
Worksheet time: 47mins
Some people will bamboozle you into doing something.
deceive
encourage
help
He's getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.
She is a cantankerous old woman.
silly
good-natured
forgetful
ill-tempered
It's reckoned that someone in the government was in cahoots with the assassin.
betraying
conspiring
trying to arrest
More political shenanigans were exposed in the newspapers today.
bad decisions
business deals
secret or dishonest activities
good conduct
I like everything about summer - the light, the warmth, the clothes - the whole _________.
caboodle
shenanigans
cahoots
cantankerous
A derisive smile:
That's a jazzy tie you're wearing!
gaudy
dull
striped
The hotel does not assume liability for lost items.
obligation
discovery
responsibility
When I told them the joke, Laura smiled demurely.
shamelessly
openly
shyly
A light-fingered person is
agile
slim
dishonest
easily distracted
He managed to scrape through the exam.
A. cheat
B. fail
C. only just pass it
The Palestinian situation has become a political and military________.
blessing
quagmire
event
Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty.
basic and practical facts
strange, abnormal facts
the less important facts
He suffered a minor whiplash injury.
A 'haughty' person is
arrogant
very tall
cruel
foolish
The pupils were enthralled by the story she was telling.
mesmerized
disgusted
bored
A 'stingy' person is
callous
unintelligent
talkative
a miser
The boy sounded rather gawky speaking to the girls.
at ease
cheerful
clumsy
Just calm down, stop gabbling and tell me what has happened.
crying
speaking with a lot of pauses ( stammer, stutter)
saying something that has no meaning (talk gibberish)
Secateurs:
No one dared to gainsay him.
Not to gainsay but I prefer the second version.
contradict
stop
try to change one's mind
support
Tony physically manhandled him out of the house.
She was scrabbling around, searching for the door.
He scrabbled for the light switch.
trying to find something by moving one's hands
hitting one's fingers lightly on something
moving your feet in the dark
“She felt the tantalizing smell of fried bacon.”
Tantalizing means...
Something that causes excitement or desire, but that you usually cannot attain.
Disgusting
Don't start talking about ghosts - they give me the heebie-jeebies.
strong sense of excitement.
a strong feeling of fear.
That foul, murky, dreary ( dreri) autumn.
“foul, murky, dreary” mean….
Sujo, tenebroso, triste ( sombrio)
Triste ( sombrio), sujo, tenebroso
to laugh in a way that can show disrespect
scowl
torment
glare
snicker
old and torn
plot
tattered
havoc
torment
extremely windy
enliven
windswept
havoc
mischief
to move in an unsteady way
lurch
havoc
windswept
glare
a situation where there is much destruction
tattered
torment
havoc
impish
playful and mischievous
enliven
impish
debt
snicker
Which of the following choices is a correctly-spelled word?
A. gaige
B. gaueg
C. gayge
D. gauge
a small, mischievous devil or sprite
aggravate
imp
rile
tormentor
to make agitated and angry
tormentor
rile
vice
bellow
The din of the engine…
traduz-se como…
O barulho do motor
a peça do motor.
Which dwarf is a synonym to: not smart?
sleepy
happy
bashful
grumpy
dopey
The chain gang picking up the trash on the side of the highway was working in perfect _______________.
brindle
tandem
falter
alleviate
Fixtures and fittings ( BrE)…
Todo o equipamento, mobília que é incluído numa cas quando é vendida.
Dentadura
a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one
offset
style
picture
tiling option
(adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
perturb
prodigious
relevant
skittish
make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
artless
awkward
blunder
botch
walk unsteadily
bumble
clumsy
embarrassing
faux pas
blunder; make a mess of something
flounder
flub
gaffe
gawky
awkward and clumsy in movement or posture
flounder
flub
gaffe
gawky
not asked for
unbound
unbidden
unbeknownst
undo
The boy was transfixed by the oncoming tidal wave. What does the word transfixed mean in this sentence?
excited
to become motionless with horror
anticipation for something sweet
angry and frustrated
When someone smiled or spoke in a contemptuous or mocking manner then they . . .
explained
grinned
sneered
partook
Fill in the blank: The snake was ______________________ through the garden.
trespassing
slithering
enveloping
careening
Fill in the blank: When someone stares in a deliberately impassioned or expressionless manner, they are displaying a ________________ face.
angry
happy
deadpan
sneered
The image is an example of...
cogs
weevils
craggies
filaments
To surround and have or hold within is to .....
poach
encompass
chide
filament
“Trough” pronuncia-se traf como (tough) e significa…
canal, ou pia ( gamela, bebedouro, Tina) de água para animais num campo
Trufa
a family possession handed down from generation to generation
phoenix
dynasty
heirloom
dictation
Instead of folding the laundry, she ________ threw the clothes in the drawer.
tedious
quarantine
wearily
haphazardly
The ______ student started blankly at the computer screen.
distraught
refuge
listless
inevitable
deeply upset
mystified
chortled
elder
distraught
I mean to rush around wildly or violently.
symptom
scamper
rampage
The computer was a cheap, plasticky one, much touted as ideal for the small businessman…
‘touted, means…
Apregoado, promovido
Estragado
What word means a soldier's uniform for fatigue duty
Niche
Dentures
Aviator
Fatigues
Oblivion
speckled with small drops
lopsided
spattered
lopsided
scramble
It's cold outside, so you better ____ up for recess with your hat and gloves!
spattered
scramble
bundle
hibernate
I had to ______ over the rocks to climb up the mountain!
spattered
hibernate
lantern
scramble
composure; calmness
equanimity
frangible
litany
replete
Make sure your numbers tally with ours. Please keep a tally of the number of customers.
‘Tally” nas duas frases significa:
Bater certo/ registo
Talismã
Cata-vento?
(a)
cansado, fatigado, starting with W... /I/
(a)
cauteloso, atento, starting with W... /we.../
(a)
fugir para casar...
(a)
uma desculpa esfarrapada...is in English...
(a)
irresponsável, displicente, impotente...starting with F (a) s
glicínia
(a)
inconstante, caprichoso, volúvel...starting with f (a)
cair de sono, adormecer, cochilar (a) starting with n... (phrasal verb)
pira-te! põe-te a andar!
(a)
toque de finados...
(a)
rego (para plantar), irrigar... f---w
Vengeance was. f...ed by your tears...
(a)
radical (f (a) d) dissidente ...(m...k): escrever as duas separadas por espaço
lábios com cieiro
(a)
neste ponto crítico: at this j (a)
He looked at her a...e. : de soslaio, com reprovação.
(a)
Uma transferência tardia...a late (a)
um sorriso endiabrado: an... smile
(a)
medidor, manómetro
(a)
He concentrated on not allowing himself to be (a) by this man. (não se deixar irritar; starts with r...
I'm a bit d...about that ( estúpido) I'm a bit d (a) y about twitter. I don"t know how to use it.
Rodapé
(a)
Sem brilho, sem vida, com falta de inspiraçāo. Liverpool played against a L (a) Manchester Un.
She feels something b... up inside her ( borbulhar, crescer and she s (a) him with her bare legs against him. ( montar) . Escrever as duas palavras separadas por 1 espaço.
That following morning, Sophie calls her hairdresser and makes an…..for later that day. I,m going to London today to get my hair d….for the trip.’ ( escrever separadas por um espaço apenas)
(a)
He f….his collar down against the L….of his tie and straightens it in the mirror. ( achatar…e?
(a)
duas palavras sinónimas para manchas….
a black beard with f…. s (or s…..s) of gray.
(a)
…maybe you know about it?
she drops this last h…….r of a question with wide eyes. She’s channeling Susie Beets so entirely that there is barely an i…of Sophie left… ( the night she disappeared, Ruth Ware.)
noun
a h….r informal
a very exciting or impressive game, performance, or event:
a real h……r of a match
this book is a real h…r
h…r:
(a)
Synonym of detective
sluːθ
(a)
He was t….y ( irritadiço)in the restaurant, although not with me. The service was poor and he apologised to me several times, explaining how much better the place was as a rule.
(a)
perfurar com chifre: ———-
(a)
Penúltimo: ______
Or:____ b__ ____
(a)
antepenúltimo: (a)
Isso é uma parvoíce pega da, um disparate pegado. What utter d…,!
(a)
Parco: she turned on the shower, stood shivering under the (a) trickle of scalding water….
Como é conhecido o governo imoral e corrupto de Boris Johnson: The______ .
immoral behaviour, especially involving sex or lies:
Many people are tired of all the _____ on TV.
sleaze and corruption in politics.
2(alsosleazebag, sleazebucket) [countable]AmE informalsomeone who behaves in an immoral or dishonest way
(a)
