VOCABULARY QUIZ 2 • ANSWER KEY
Group A
Studying and exams • Synonyms • Phrasal verbs
• Phrases to describe being relaxed/stressed
Exercise 1
1 with: If someone is faced with something, it means they
have a difficult task or situation to deal with.
2 up: If some events lead up to another event or situation,
it means the latter is their consequence.
3 on: If someone brushes up on their knowledge or skills,
they practise and improve them.
4 out: If a document sets out some information, it presents
it in a clear and detailed way.
5 out: If someone is out of their depth, they are in a
situation which is too difficult for them to deal with.
Exercise 2
1B cook: If someone cooks up an excuse, they invent it.
2C hammering: If you hammer something into someone,
you tell them something over and over again to make
them remember and accept it.
3A summon: If you summon up your courage, you gather all
your strength to deal with a difficult situation.
4A lighten: If someone lightens up, they become less
serious.
5C sailed: If someone sails through exams, they pass them
easily.
Exercise 3
1 bundle: If someone is a bundle of nerves, they are
extremely nervous.
2 perspective: If you keep things in perspective, you are
able to look at a situation or events in an unemotional
and sensible way.
3 blank: If your mind goes blank, you can’t remember
a thing in a situation when you should be able to
remember it.
4 weight: If a weight is lifted, you instantly feel relieved,
especially when a difficult problem has been resolved.
5 wreck: If something makes you a nervous wreck, you feel
very nervous, worried or upset.
Exercise 4
1 looming: If exams are looming, they are coming soon.
2 pounding: If your heart is pounding, it’s producing a
repeated beating sound.
3 minefield: If something is a minefield, it is likely to
generate many problems and difficult situations.
4 regurgitating: If you regurgitate information, you
memorise it mindlessly and then repeat parrot-fashion.
5 stride: If someone takes something in their stride, they
don’t let it worry or upset them.
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Group B
Studying and exams • Synonyms • Phrasal verbs
• Phrases to describe being relaxed/stressed
Exercise 1
1 by: If something is difficult to come by, it’s difficult to
obtain, buy, etc.
2 up: If you top up your pre-paid phone, you buy more
credit which enables you to make more phone calls.
3 in: If a medicine kicks in, it starts to take effect.
4 between: If you flit between topics, you move from one
to the other very quickly.
5 through: If someone sails through exams, they pass
them easily.
Exercise 2
1C swimming: If someone is swimming in books, notes,
papers, etc. they are completely immersed in them so
that they almost cover them.
2A brush: If someone brushes up on their knowledge or
skills, they practise and improve them.
3B lapped: If someone laps something up, they enjoy this
thing.
4A keep: If you keep things in perspective, you are able
to look at a situation or events in an unemotional and
sensible way.
5A pounding: If your heart is pounding, it’s producing a
repeated beating sound.
Exercise 3
1 wreck: If something makes you a nervous wreck, you feel
very nervous, worried or upset.
2 depth: If someone is out of their depth, they are in a
situation which is too difficult for them to deal with.
3 stride: If someone takes something in their stride, they
don’t let it worry or upset them.
4 stomach: If you have butterflies in your stomach, you
feel very nervous about what you are going to do.
5 calm: If a calm comes over you, you become less
stressed, excited or upset.
Exercise 4
1 frazzled: If you are frazzled, you are very tired after doing
a lot of physical or mental activity.
2 bundle: If someone is a bundle of nerves, they are
extremely nervous.
3 weight: If a weight is lifted, you instantly feel relieved,
especially when a difficult problem has been resolved.
4 manic: If someone is manic, they are physically active
because of being worried and nervous or excited.
5 blank: If your mind goes blank, you can’t remember
a thing in a situation when you should be able to
remember it.