Vocabulary 1
What's the word?
to say or do something that other people agree with or have sympathy with
to strike a chord
What's the word?
to say a lot of information quickly and easily, often from memory
_____ his help, I wouldn’t have got this job.
a. But
b. But for
c. If it wasn't
d. If only
But for his help, I wouldn’t have got this job.
She gave me what I needed / that I needed
She gave me what I needed.
The cottage and its location are at complete difference / variance with how it was described online
The cottage and its location are at complete variance with how it was described online
What's the word?
to be thinking or worrying too much about someone or something
get hung up
What's the word?
to make something worse when you are trying to improve it
do more harm than good
If you ________ know a good venue for the party, I’d be over the moon.
a.happen to
b.should
c.were
d.happened to
If you happened know a good venue for the party, I’d be over the moon.
Whomever took the keys / Whoever took the keys is something we'll never know.
Whoever took the keys is something we'll never know.
Visiting my childhood home was a lot as / like going back into the past; the owners hadn’t changed a thing.
Visiting my childhood home was a lot like going back into the past; the owners hadn’t changed a thing.
What's the word?
to give up, to admit defeat
to throw in the towel
What's the word?
a situation, decision, result etc that cannot now be changed
cut and dried
_______ I not attended the stag party, I wouldn’t be dying of a hangover now.
a.If
b.I wish
c.Were
d.Had
Had I not attended the stag party, I wouldn’t be dying of a hangover now.
I'll do whichever required / whatever is required.
I'll do whatever is required.
This cake is not a patch / spot on the one my grandmother cooked.
This cake is not a patch on the one my grandmother cooked.
What's the word?
considered inappropriate
frowned upon
What's the word?
to go to different places (e.g. He's somewhere now)
out and about
(e.g. He's out and about)
If you brother ______ more attentive, he’d have understood it was a deceit.
a.were
b.were to
c.happened to
d.should
If you brother were more attentive, he’d have understood it was a deceit.
This is what we were hoping for / that we were hoping for.
This is what we were hoping for.
His behaviour was so immaculate as to / to impress everyone present.
His behaviour was so immaculate as to impress everyone present.
What's the word?
naturally good at something, but has not developed their ability yet
raw talent
What's the word?
to cause something or someone either to be very successful or to fail completely
make (it) or break (it)
You're so disrespectful, as if Dr. Levinson _______ your life! But for him, you wouldn't even be here!
a.doesn't save
b.didn't save
c.wasn't saved
d.hadn't saved
You're so disrespectful, as if Dr. Levinson hadn't saved your life! But for him, you wouldn't even be here!
The issue is what they can afford it / whether they can afford it.
The issue is whether they can afford it.
It’s not so much a City of Culture as / than / like a City of Crowds!
It’s not so much a City of Culture as a City of Crowds!