Unit 4 Vocab
I’m at the end of my __________. (having no strength or patience left)
tether
Even Paul couldn't have foreseen what was coming next
correct
Reluctant to take risk: risk-____________
averse
beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing
burgeoning
Can you name the artist ___ famous painting is called 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring'?
whose
Spare the _________, spoil the child. (saying)
rod
Surely you mustn't have forgotten already!
can’t have forgotten
His glasses magnified his irritable glare / gaze / glimpse.
glare
"Hey, John Boy, come over and help me paint the house this afternoon." B: "____________, Davey! I've got plans tonight and have no intention of getting dirtied up before then!"
Not on your life,
At 6.00, __________ was an hour before the plane was due, thick fog descended.
which
He thinks he’s the greatest thing _____________________________. (idiom)
since sliced bread
Frances might not have understood what you said
correct
Here's where you might just catch a glare / glance / glimpse / gaze of the royals this year.
glimpse
This often happens from a sports injury. It severly limits knee movement. This results in the inability to pivot, turn, or twist the leg.
torn ligament
It was the kind of accident for ________ nobody was really to blame.
which
The synonym for hostile / antagonistic: __________
pugnatious
You must have told me you had already eaten
should have told me
Most of her health problems _________ from an accident she had when she was younger.
stem
Herbal medicine (also herbalism) is the study of pThe study and use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine.
herbalism
There is one person to __________ I owe more than I can say.
whom
The synonym for impulsive: ____________
impetuous
Look, there's £30 in my wallet. I shouldn't have gone to the bank after all.
needn't have gone
This matter is a s______ in a t________; it is an argument about nothing.
storm in a teacup
At first Lewis resisted the nice and persuasive words of the travel brochure.
blandishments
_________ leaves last should turn off the lights.
whoever