Vocabulary Quiz

Which option suits best?
The decision came ___ . It was like a miracle.

• from scratch

• out of the blue

• on the loose

Reorder the following:

• over your eyes

• He doesn't have

• pull the wool

• he's just trying to

• any special powers –

Fill in the gaps with the missing words
You have to take everything she says with a p____ o_ s___ (don't believe everything she says), because she tends to exaggerate.

Which phrase is used to say that you don't don't believe or accept what is being said?

• I'm not buying it!

• I go with the flow.

• I learn something the hard way.

Match the following:

• обманывать

• deceive

• за решёткой

• persistent

• вернуть, отвоевать

• win back

• подозрительный

• behind bars

• настойчивый

• suspicious

I'm ​​​ (a)   cleaning up after you all the time.​ Enough!

• tired of
• burnt out
• fed up with

Following in his father's ​ (a)   , he became first a schoolteacher and then a head teacher.

• footsteps
• example
• career

If you are so confused or shocked that you don't know what to say, you are ___

• out of words

• lost for words

• out of your mind

Match sentence halves:

• I have him on speed dial.

• Businesses have become cautious

• but he'll get over it.

• He didn't get the job,

• about spending on technology.

• That guy is

• some old love letters.

• He came across

• a real weirdo.

• He's my best friend—

They decided to start working on the project f___ s______ (from the very beginning).