Unit 7 key words

What does 'take up' mean?

• to finally be in a particular place or situation

• to stop doing something

• to start doing a particular activity

• to continue doing something

What is the meaning of 'find out'?

• to start a journey

• to have a good relationship

• to arrive somewhere

• to get information about something, or to learn a fact for the first time

What does 'generous' mean?

• using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully

• quiet, gentle and not willing to argue or express your opinions in a forceful way

• willing to give other people money, help, kindness, etc.

• often feeling uncomfortable with other people and easily embarrassed

What is the meaning of 'deceitful'?

• someone whose job is to dig coal out of the ground

• dishonest or hiding the truth

• quiet and showing no wish for attention or admiration

• friendly and easy to talk to

What is the opposite of 'affable'?

• bashful

• timid

• frosty

• meek

What does 'scholarship' mean?

• someone whose job is to protect a person, place or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping

• a fixed idea that people have about what a particular type of person is like, especially an idea that is wrong

• an amount of money given to a person by an organisation to pay for their education, usually at a college or university

• to persuade someone or make them certain

What is the meaning of 'convince'?

• to make something curve

• to persuade someone or make them certain

• someone, especially a man, who is not fashionable and who is interested in boring things

• a person who is kept in prison as a punishment

What is the opposite of 'guard'?

• prisoner

• bashful

• good point

• nerd

What does 'Got it in one!' mean?

• used when you do not want someone to think that you do not like someone or something

• used to tell someone that you agree with them

• used to tell someone in a rude way to stop doing something

• used to say that someone's first guess is correct phrase Yes, got it in one!

What is the meaning of 'Pack it in'?

• used when you do not want someone to think that you do not like someone or something

• used to tell someone in a rude way to stop doing something

• used to tell someone that you agree with them

• used to say that someone's first guess is correct phrase Yes, got it in one!