VC: T65

. Everyone loves these giant retail chains for their low prices, but few care that the local business owners are taken the _____ out of their mouth.

• bread

• egg

• teeth

Answer explanation

TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF SB's MOUTH: take away sb's job -> no longer able to earn enough $ to live

I know your dream is to become a singer, but with your voice, please stop _____ and choose another major.

• chasing rainbows

• holding the fort

• chasing the dragon

Answer explanation

CHASE RAINBOWS: try to get st -> can never have

. John’s reaction showed that he was full of _____ after hearing that he was going to be a dad for the first time.

• jellies

• beans

• cakes

• lemons

Answer explanation

FULL OF BEANS: be full of energy & in high spirits

The detective pressed the doorbell and waited in the _____ for the front door to open.

• porch

• ridge

• threshold

• perch

Answer explanation

PORCH: a small at the entrance to a building (a house/ church) -> covered = a roof & often has walls

Thinking of the test never fails to make my stomach _____ - waiting for the result is like torturing my soul.

• paralyse

• wail

• flutter

• relapse

Answer explanation

FLUTTER (stomach/ heart) -> u feel slightly uncomfortable bc u're excited/ nervous

RELAPSE: become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement

Returning home and staying with your family during the holiday was so comfortable that I sometimes wish this could continue _____ forever.

• unbroken

• unabridged

• unabated

• unabridled

Answer explanation

UNBROKEN: not interrupted in any way

an UNABRIDGED book, speech, or article is in its original form and has not been made shorter

UNBRIDLED (energy/ lust...): not controlled or limited

My insomnia is so serious that even the background _____ of the air-conditioning bothers my sleep.

• blare

• hum

• din

• thud

Answer explanation

BLARE: make an unpleasantly loud noise

DIN: a loud, unpleasant confused noise that lasts for a long time (traffic)

THUD: sound -> made when st heavy falls or hits st else

. He has turned over a new leaf so will you please be kind enough to stop _____ his criminal record?

• ruling out

• raking up

• ramping up

• ringing back

Answer explanation

RAKE UP: mention st unpleasant -> happened in the past & that other ppl'd like to forget

From the way John is speaking, I suspect he is _____ another piece of cake for his girlfriend.

• alluding to

• sticking to

• angling for

• attesting to

Answer explanation

ANGLE FOR: try to get st/ a particular response from sb, without directly asking 4 what u want

Just by a glance, everybody can realize John is _____ by his desirable results in the test.

• aroused

• intoxicated

• extracted

• captivated

Answer explanation

INTOXICATE: make sb excited, happy & slightly out of control