VC: T43

It is high time we canceled our marketing campaign as it hasn’t helped to _____ in sales for months.

• beat the drum

• change tack

• move the needle

• tip the scales

Answer explanation

MOVE THE NEEDLE: cause a noticeable change in st

CHANGE TACK: try a different method to deal with the same problem

BEAT THE DRUM: speak enthusiastically about a belief or idea -> persuade other people to support it too

I think I will _____, it is unacceptable for a student to hold a racist attitude towards his teacher

• pick his moment

• get the brain in gear

• tick off on his fingers

• tell him a thing or two

Answer explanation

TELL sb A THING OR TWO: correct / confront so abt them or their mistaken belief/ incorrect pov

After the 7th tim Ally came late to work, the teacher lost her patient and hauled him over...

• woods

• boiling water

• the coals

• the fire

Answer explanation

HAUL SB OVER THE COALS: speak angrily about sb

The green protest is expected to _____ steam after the minister allows the construction of a shopping center in place of the park.

• carve up

• clock up

• take up

• pick up

Answer explanation

PICK UP STEAM: become gradually more powerful, active, etc

It is hard to understand what led to a prejudicial attitude and _____ hatred of women in a person brought up in a progressive family like him.

• innocuous

• foul

• obnoxious

• pathological

Answer explanation

PATHOLOGICAL: not easily upset/ worried by a difficult situation; calm

OBNOXIOUS: very unpleasant or rude

With a record of 22000 flying hours, Callaghan proved to be an ... and shrewd pilot for these storms

• imperturbable

• inimitable

• impermeable

• unshakeable

Answer explanation

IMPERTURBABLE: not easily upset / worried by a difficult situation; calm

INIMITABLE: very unusual or of very high quality and therefore impossible to copy

. In this story, the criminal is depicted as a person with a genius mind and a _____ pleasure in watching others suffer.

• perverted

• stoic

• dexterous

• ascetic

Answer explanation

DEXTEROUS: having the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands

ASCETIC: avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons

The view from the top of LangBiang was so breathtaking that we just stood there _____ the scenery.

• breaking in

• drilling in

• drinking in

• bristling up in

Answer explanation

look at/ listen to st w great interest & pleasure

Recent inconsiderate statements Mr. Key made in the public are believed to be _____ to the cooperation between our company and the DYC.

• prejudicial

• vacuous

• sinister

• innocuous

Answer explanation

PREJUDICIAL: harming/ likely to harm sb/st

VACUOUS: not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose; empty

SINISTER: making you feel that st bad or evil might happen

As coincidental as the first time they met each other, that actually was also part of her scheme to _____ this rich guy.

• snarl

• snare

• snark

• snarf

Answer explanation

SNARE: catch st, esp an animal

SNARF (down/up): eat sg very quickly -> that people think is greedy

SNARL: gầm gừ giận dữ