Geography & History
People who live in the deserts of Libya
Tuaregs
"Neither here nor there" means ...
How does she GET BY on such a small salary?
survive
I lived in Mexico since 5 years.
WRONG! FOR 5 years
3 adjectives to describe people (Un1B)
control freak/ dreamer/ driven person/ family person/ free spirit/ joker/ the life and soul of the party/ outgoing
An ancient philosopher from China
Confucius
" It's a foregone conclusion" means
the result is obvious
She wants to GET AHEAD IN her career.
become more prosperous
I am a nurse since 2020.
WRONG! I HAVE BEEN a nurse since 2020.
3 jobs working with finances
banker/ economist/ accountant/ manager/ CEO/ chairman
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
To "wrap people in cotton wool" means ....
to excessively protect someone from difficult situations
The truth is sometimes difficult to GET AT.
learn/ imply
It was a fairly difficult test.
CORRECT
3 safety idioms (Un 2B)
do things by the book/ cut corners/ follow the correct procedure/ become second nature/ err on the side of caution/ better to be safe than sorry
Where do the Mokens live?
On the islands across the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar
To "break new ground" means ....
to do something new and innovative in your profession
If I could GET AWAY WITH it, I wouldn't pay my taxes at all.
to do something without being punished
I waited rather long time for the bus.
WRONG! rather A LONG TIME....
3 foot/feet idioms (Un 2C)
find my feet/ shoot yourself in the foot/ put your foot in it/ follow in someone's footsteps/ have two left feet/ get off on the wrong foot
How is Zaha Hadid coined?
The Paper Architect
To "put your foot in it" means ....
to say something by accident that embarrasses someone
Sorry I haven't GOT ROUND TO fixing the tap yet.
to do something you have intended to do for a long time
You're utterly right. We need to turn left.
WRONG! You're QUITE/ABSOLUTELY/JUST/DEAD right
3 Shakespeare's idioms
Seen better days/ Love is blind/ foregone conclusion/ come full circle/ a wild goose chase/ wear my heart upon my sleeves/ neither here nor there/ the world is my oyster/ break the ice