Advanced Vocabulary 15 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

to suddenly be unable to control a strong feeling, especially anger - If he insults me again I think I will finally _________ and say something terrible to him.

snap

slap

strap

clap

embarrassing secrets - Everyone has ___________ in the cupboard. Even Hellen had that secret boyfriend in high school.

skeletons

treasures

troubles

secrets

to prepare for hard work - Let´s ___________ and start cleaning up this mess.

roll up our sleeves

ready up our clothes

straigthen out our shirts

take off our jackets

give the true version of events that have been reported incorrectly - To put the ___________, let me just say that we didn´t even go out so it wasn´t us that you saw.

record straight

books right

story straight

plot in the light

Having no purpose and is a waste of time - It was ________ to argue, so we did what she asked us to do.

pointless

purposeless

unuseful

fruitless

To unfairly criticise, punish, or be unkind to the same person - The bully loved to __________ the smallest kid in class.

pick on

push down

put off

peck at

to go or make progress at the same speed as something - I tried to keep up the ___________ of the runners, but I had to stop and rest.

pace

speed

rate

velocity

Too extreme - Some of his jokes go __________ and offend people.

over the top

above the limit

above the call

over the head

describes someone who is old and no longer useful or attractive - She said the older man was ____________ and she would not date him.

over the hill

out of order

off his rocker

on the edge

in the place where something happens - They offered him the job on the _______.

spot

dot

moment

drop

not serious - She is a very _________ person who loves to have fun.

light-hearted

laughable-feeling

pleasant-oriented

humor-natured

special words used by groups of people, especially in their work - I cannot understand this paper because they are using a lot of legal ___________.

jargon

jingle

genre

slang

When something should have been done a long time ago - It is _________ time that you clean your messy room.

high

just

over

critical

Enter a situation which people want to be private - She did not want the reporter to write a story about her and _________ in her private life.

intrude

interrupt

encroach

overrun

having a reasonable chance of winning - He is young, but he is in the _________ for becoming the next president.

running

balance

eye

option

Being famous and always in the news and on TV - When she wrote her first best-seller book she was instantly in the public _____________.

eye

sight

view

light

to get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation - He always tries to __________ and won´t let anyone else talk.

hog the limelight

hunt the spotlight

hug the light

hoard the light

Show exagerated emotion or attention in a situation - The child made a big ________ over eating his vegetables.

fuss

mess

scare

hiss

successful growth or development - Grandma´s garden was __________ in the springtime.

flourishing

flooring

flowered

flooding

To hug or accept a person - We happily ____________ the idea of going to the pool with you.

embrace

brace

embarrass

abreast

tense, nervous, or irritable - The old man gets a little __________ when he is tired.

edgy

eager

anxious

oblivious

When a situation gets worse, and worse and worse. - Her life was in a ____________ as she battled depression and addiction.

downward spiral

head-spin

duck-dive

downspin

enjoying advantages of two different things at the same time - He had the _________ working as a lifeguard, he got to sit by the pool and get paid.

best of both worlds

better of both jobs

benefit of both works

cream of two crops

Difficult or embarrassing - He felt very ____________ when he stepped up onto the stage.

awkward

amend

awendt

ackwent

inviting someone to come a restaurant, or a date - I think I will ask Sally o_____ for dinner this Sunday.

out

in

on

up