Vocabulary
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BRAIN TEASERS
Phrases
100

(verb) Means that smth was not known before, but now is clear and known 

reveal

100

Disguise means organised in a way that has the agreement or approval of the majority of people who are involved

False!

It should be democratic

100

I use to go out with friends on Fridays.

I TEND to go out with friends on Fridays.

100

You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?

You light the match first!

100

When a phrase "be glued to" can be used? Give examples.

I listen music all the time. My headphones are glued to my ears!

200

when you change your appearence so that people don't recognise you anymore

disguise

200

if you have a frank to do something, you suddenly want to do it or feel that you cannot stop yourself doing it

False! 

Should be urge

200

Unfortunate, I would have long hair when I was younger.

Unfortunately, I USED to have / HAD long hair when I was younger.

200

A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?

You do not bury the SURVIVORS, you psycho!

200

When a collocation "hardly ever" can be used? Give examples?

Is there anything you hardly ever do, but want to do it more often?

300

a problem or a difficulty which stops you from going somewhere or from achieving what you're trying to do

obstacle

300

Subtle colours are very bright and noticeable

False

Bold colours are noticeable

300

The teacher not tends to skip marking no matter how illegible his writing is.

The teacher tends not / doesn't tend to skip marking no matter how illegible his writing is.

300

A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father. 

Then who is the doctor?

The doctor is the boy’s mother.

300

When a phrase "It does nothing for me" can be used? Give examples.

This film does nothing for me. It's really dull.

400

when smth is confusing due to having more than one interpretation

ambiguous

Now make your example sentence

400

to experience something is to encounter or to undergo

True!

Now retell the last time you underwent something uplifting

400

I was making people's portraits when I was younger. Initial, they might have striken you as fairly conventionally paintings.

I used to make/would make people's portraits when I was younger. Initially, they might have striken you as fairly conventional paintings.

400

immy’s mother had four children.
She named the first Monday.
She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday.
What is the name of the fourth child?

Jimmy, because Jimmy’s mother had four children!

400

When do we use phrase "for my liking"? Give examples.

How is "This film is too long" different from "This film is too long for my liking"?

500

certain to do something; destined to do something; to make stick together

  • Naturally, when two world leaders with the personalities of Trump and Kim meet face-to-face, some weird stuff __________happen.

 

is bound to

Do you agree that there are people, who bound to get together?

500

To confront means - to behave in a way that shows you have that power, authority, or right and that you intend to use it

False!

It should be assert

Do you often manage to assert your point of view?

500

I don't like art much, but now and large I would go to a gallery with my parents. Not as a type, but some paintings look as if utter realistic.

I don't like art much, but now and again I will go to a gallery with my parents. Not as a rule, but some paintings look utterly realistic.

500

You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. The second stop, three men get on and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside.
What color is the bus driver’s hair?

Whatever color your hair is! Remember, you are the bus driver!

500

When a phrase "like a living hell" can be used? Give examples.

He wakes up again repeating the same day and it’s like a living hell.

Do you agree that work at the office is like a living hell? Why?

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