C1 Vocabulary and idioms

- You don't seem happy about what I suggested...

- Oh, really? What __________?

• gave it away

• gave it off

• gave it up

• hyped it up

__________ flowers, the bride and groom request that guests donate to one of the charities listed on PETRESCUE.ORG

• In lieu of

• Despite

• Although

• Rather than

Although initial prospects were promising, Wakanda's economy was soon __________ by a series of corporate bankrupcies linked to bribery and cronyism.

• brought down to its knees

• a fine kettle of fish

• pulling their leg

• making a killing

The powers that be took pains to keep her resignation under wraps. Only a select few in her inner circle were __________.

• in the know

• making a living

• having kittens

• hush-hush

She did the vast majority of the work, so it's only fair that she be given the __________ of the profits, don't you think?

• lion's share

• serval's section

• puma's portion

• cougar's chunk

Eric's a great guy, Brenda's cool, Fred is also __________. It's really only Jess you need to steer clear of, she's a snake in the grass.

• on the level

• trust

• honesty

• good girl

After the divorce he went into therapy until he found enough strength and integrity to try and __________.

• turn over a new leaf

• overturn his life

• turn back his life

• take a turn for the better

This paper attempts to __________ on the problem of motivation in schoolchildren. A novel approach was developed...

• shed new light

• cast new data

• bring new information

• produce new data

Inner city unrest __________ yesterday when a teenager died after attempting to set fire to a police car. SWAT teams were called in and full-blown riots erupted just before midnight...

• came to a head

• came ahead

• went ahead

• came to blows

I can't put my finger on why I don't trust her. She seems normal enough, but - for me at least - she __________ a bad vibe.

• gives off

• gives up

• gives away

• oozes