gold experience C1 unit 4 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 47 Public

Grammar and vocabulary

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to pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to believe

fit in

purport

embrace

usher in

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the feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

disdain

hatred

dislike

hate

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The plan is so complicated - I’m still trying to ……………… it.

get my head round

wane

purport

comprise

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Our language and our traditions will ……………. as our people become absorbed by the mainstream culture.

die out

extinguish

extinct

disapear

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If you criticize someone in a way that makes them appear more stupid or less able than they really are, you ……………

do them up

do them down

stand them out

stand up for them

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the way of life, customs, and ideas of a particular group of people within a society that are different from the rest

fringe society

subculture

culture

subgroup

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If you completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life, you ………….. it.

wane

embrace

get your head round

purport

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Someone who refuses to accept change or new ideas is a(n) ………..

modernizer

activist

diehard

innovator

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the quality of trying to make yourself appear or sound more important or clever than you are

pretentious

pretentiousness

arrogance

self-important

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The fall of the Berlin wall ………………….. in a new period in Germany's history.

fit in

broke away

ushered

came down

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The doctor's ………………….. on the issue of abortion is well known.

stance

fringe

disdain

pretentiousness

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Erika is so ……………. ; her hair looks like she never combs it and her clothes are always wrinkled.

scruffy

pleated

shaby

loud

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Trousers/pants that become very wide at the bottom of the legs are called …………..

flares

pleated

skinny

bootcuts

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having unpleasantly bright colours or too strong patterns

scruffy

shabby

pleated

loud

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Josie is the …………… image of her granny at the same age. They look so much alike!

spiting

copy

spitting

carbon

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It all ………… money in the end.

comes up against

comes down to

gets out of

gets away with

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