proverbs
wordformation
sayings
crime
Formal English
100

What should you make while the sun shines?

a. money

b. hay

c. peace

hay

100

stop from being active - a verb

deactivate

100

What is the mother of invention?

a. bad luck

b. problem-solving

c. necessity

c. necessity

100

a ride in a car stolen solely for pleasure

joyriding

100

make better

improve

200

What makes Jack a dull boy?

a. a new broom

b. any port in a storm

c. all work and no play

c. all work and no play

200

a negative abstract noun ´employ´

unemployment

200

Who shouldn´t  throw stones?

a. cooks

b. people who live in glass houses

c. politicians

b. people who live in glass houses

200

an assault witht the intention to rob somebody

mugging

200

not enough of something

lack of something

300

What happens when the cat´s away?

a. pigs might fly

b. the mice will play

c. dos lie down

b. mice will play

300

agianst the law - a negative adjective

illegal

300

What is mightier than the sword?

a. the pen

b. a light sabre

c. the gun

a. the pen

300

malicious burning to destroy property

arson

300

garbage, trash 

litter

400

Who flock together?

a. birds of a feather

b. pigs

c. sleeping dogs

a. birds of a feather

400

an abstract negative noun ´home´

 homelessness

400

Who call the tune?

a. the dancer

b. the conductor

c. he who plays the piper

c. he who plays the piper

400

the period of time the prisoner is imprisoned

sentence

400

make something smaller, less intensive, limit

reduce

500

What wasn´t build in a day?


Rome

500

a negative adverb - meaning, there is no need/ necessity to (do so)

unnecessarily, needlessly

500

If you´ve ´got it, what should you do with it?

a. spend it

b. use it

c. flaunt it

c. flaunt it

500

deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

(pronounciation must be correct!)

fraud

500

to say that something is not allowed, is illegal

prohibit, ban