Ways of...
suddenly begin to laugh loudly
to burst out laughing/to burst into laughter
very briefly
in a nutshell
.What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
He'd been struggling to think of a really original birthday present.
COME
No matter how he tried .......... an idea for a really original birthday present.
he couldn't come up with
There are 6 eggs in a basket. Six people each take an egg. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
The last person takes the basket as well with the last egg in it
smile widely: very pleased / also sinister
to grin
My garden is a disaster!!! It.....
is on its last legs
What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?
Blue, yellow, black, green and red
It's possible that they got the wrong idea and thought the party was next week.
REACHED
They might ........................................ conclusion and thought the party was next week.
have reached the wrong
A man and his son were in a car crash. The father was killed and the son was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The surgeon looks at him and says: "I can´t operate on him because this is my son!". Explain
the surgeon is kid's mother
laugh in a childish way (embarrassed/nervous/amused)
to giggle
It took her a long time to do it
a month of Sundays
How many players are there in a rugby league team?
13
It has rained much more in London over the last 10 years than it has ever done in previous decades.
CONSIDERABLY
Over the last 10 years, the rainfall in London has .......... in previous decades.
been considerably higher than
A carrot, a scarf, and five pieces of coal are found lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a simple, logical reason why they are there. What is it?
The items were used by children to build a snowman that has now melted
partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly
to squint
If you can´t stand the heat..........
stay out of the kitchen
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
He wouldn't have been interviewed by the police if he hadn't seen the robbery.
WITNESS
The police wouldn't have interviewed unless he .......... the robbery.
had been a witness to
A woman had two sons. They were born at the same hour on the same day of the same month in the same year. However, they were not twins. How could this be?
Her two sons were part of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.).
look for sth very carefully/thoroughly
to scour a place / area
Jack, I need to talk to you about something annoying
have a bone to pick with...
Who discovered penicilin?
Alexander Fleming
I have a lot of respect for his writing style although I do not agree with the opinions he expresses.
MUCH
................ his writing style, I do not agree with his opinions.
As much as I respect
A man lived on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he took the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returned, he took the elevator to the seventh floor and then walked up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. On a rainy day, he took the elevator all the way to the tenth floor. He hated walking, so why does he do so? .
The man is extremely short. He can only reach the button for the seventh floor. However, on rainy days, he uses his umbrella to push the tenth floor button.