Unit 1
A person who is the first to do something in their field
Trailblazer
... gives the right answer quickly gets extra points.
Whoever gives the right answer quickly gets extra points.
Honest, direct, and specific comments
Candid comments
There/it is nothing more to say.
There is nothing more to say.
He has gone to great lengths to find/finding a solution for this burning issue.
He has gone to great lengths to find a solution for this burning issue.
Very thorough and strict standarts
Rigorous standards
It's highly unlikely/guaranteed that he will win because he hasn't been training.
It's highly unlikely that he will win because he hasn't been training.
compelling, convincing, conclusive
Cogent
Ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public can be called...
Conventional wisdom
Unless/provided that you have an invitation, you won't be allowed to come in.
Unless you have an invitation, you won't be allowed to come in.
To put your career at risk.
To jeopardize your career
Replace the phrase in italics with a participle clause:
We had to call for help as we didn't know how to turn the machine on.
Not knowing how to turn the machine on, we had to call for help.
Find the correct form:
I (to work) on this project for months before it got cancelled.
I had been working on this project for months before it got cancelled.
A desire to be your best
Striving for excellence
To treat something in a way that fails to recognize its importance or its faults
To gloss over smth
To divulge a secret
To let in on
Having very little money, or less money than you need
Strapped for cash
To be far better than smb
To be head and shoulders above smb.
Rearrange the words to make a sentence:
fixed / by / He / the / his / got / teeth / dentist.
He got his teeth fixed by the dentist.
To move quickly towards a person or a place in a threatening way
To bear down on smb/smth