Unit 12 and 13 Language and Idiom Reminder Game | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

Reviewing vocabulary and idiomatic expressions from Units 12 and 13 of Objective Advanced

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What's the colour idiom which describes when something happens that you didn't expect?

It happened 'out of the blue!'

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Which idiom is used to describe a member of the family who has a different character to the others?

They're the 'black sheep of the family.'

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Tell me a sentence using the phrasal verb, 'to take up'

To take up a sport/hobby = to start something new

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What does, "tickled pink" mean?

To find something very amusing or hilarious.

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Which colour idiom means that things are very clear and should be understood?

"It's black and white."

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What does the idiom, "to get something off your chest" mean?

To say something that you've wanted to say for a while, but didn't because you were worried about the consequences.

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Tell me a synonym of the verb 'stall'.

to stop temporarily/to hold back or put off something.

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What does it mean if you 'lack' something?

You don't have it (an object or a quality).

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If you 'play it safe,' what are you doing?

Avoiding risks or not being brave/confident.

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Complete the idiom: "it wasn't visible to the naked ........."

It wasn't visible to the naked EYE. = We couldn't see it

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Complete the sentence: "The mountains of the Sierra Nevada offer a ................ view of beautiful southern Spain."

---a breathtaking view...

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To 'turn down' someone means what?

To not accept them or their idea/s; to reject them.

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To win over someone means to...what?

To persuade someone to agree with you, usually when they started in disagreement.

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Correct this sentence: The old, delicate, beautiful, grey painting sat on the wooden, decrepid, ugly bookcase.

The beautiful, old, delicate, grey painting...ugly, decrepid, wooden bookcase.

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The walls were decorated with pale, boring, bland colours, but the lampshades stood out with their red, straight-lined, clear elegance.

...boring/bland, pale colours...their clear, straight-lined, red elegance.

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Orange Snakes Ate Shellfish, Consumed Opposite, Marvellous Parrots; what does this mnemonic stand for?

Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose: an example of adjective order.

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