Jeopardy

Numbers and Quantity

100

Very small; little;

tiny

200

Typical amount of something; not a big amount, not a small amount;

average

300

Noticeably large; great or important to be worthy of attention;

significant

400

More than is necessary, normal ore desirable; immoderate;

excessive

500

Of very great extent or quantity; immense;

vast

Informal words for number and quantity

100

An expression for 12;

dozens of

200

A lot of; plenty;

loads of

300

A lot of something;

tons of

400

An expression for 20 or something about 20;

scores of

500

Tiny amount of any liquid;

a drop of

types of problems and difficulties

100

A state of total confusion, where there is no order at all.

chaos

200

An event which causes great harm or damage.

disaster

300

A situation, where a person has to make a difficult decision between two things.

dilemma

400

To be in a __________ ; to be in a difficult situation;

fix

500

To be in a ___________; to be confused/mixed up;

muddle

Specific difficulties

100

Someone’s ________ is _________ , when the person is extremely sad.

heart broken

200

Negations or a building may ________ . They fail because of a lack if support.

collapse

300

The noun for: annoying;

annoyance

400

Your plans may be _________ . They are prevented from continuing as intended.

disrupted

500

The noun for: deprived of;

deprivation

Idioms

100

I ___________  ___________ the thought of clearing up all this mess. (= I don’t want to deal with it)

can’t face

200

To ___________ ____________ ____________; (= to do/say things that make the situation worse)

stir things up

300

light at the end of the tunnel        We can see the ___________ ____________ ____________ ___________ ____________ ____________; (= see that a difficult situation may be ending soon)

_{Hint! The idiom has something to do with a highway.}

light at the end of the tunnel

400

I thought it would be best just to ___________ ____________ ____________ ___________ ____________ ____________; (= be very open, state exactly what my position is)

_{Hint! The idiom has something to do with a game.}

lay my cards on the table

500

All that trouble last year was just ___________ ____________ ____________ ___________ in the end. (= ignored/deliberately forgotten, without solving it)

_{Hint! The idiom has something to do with textiles.}

swept under the carpet