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A false, absurd or distorted representation of something
What is a travesty?
100
a tense used to speak about something which was finished in a finished time period
What is the past simple?
100
To enter illegally
What is to break in?
100
devoutly religious
What is pious?
100
An expression used to say that ou are unemployed
What is between jobs?
200
Popular opinion given by people on the street.
What is a vox pop.
200
The man ______________ the street as the bus ran the red light.
was crossing?
200
to do the same as others
What is to follow suit?
200
unfashionable and not stylish
What is dowdy?
200
An expression to say that something is too close to home
What is too personal?
300
An extremely fat person; a type of cow
What is a heifer?
300
Both can be used for things which began in the past and continue on into the present however one cannot be used for state verbs and events which happened in the past and are not happening anymore.
What is the difference between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous?
300
To accept an unpleasant fact
What is face up to?
300
Famous for something; distinguished
What is renowned?
300
To make explicit or clear
What is to spell out?
400
A person who gambles; a member of the general public
What is a punter?
400
Tenses used to tell stories, often in the past
What are the narrative tenses?
400
allow someone to pass before you or take your place
What is to give way?
400
lacking sense or meaning
What is inane?
400
to call attention to something
What is to point out?
500
newspapers like the Sun, Daily Mail etc
What is a tabloid?
500
A tense used to talk about an action the results of which can be seen in the past
What is the past perfect continuous?
500
make something public which wasn't supposed to be
What is to leak out?
500
Lacking in vitality or conviction
What is Lacklustre?
500
To withdraw from something
What is to pull out?