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Vocabulary review - unit 1 - Proficiency Expert

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  • This word is a synonym for shabby, in bad conditions.
    stew
    tatty
    hustled
    jaded
  • An actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill is.
    the understudy
    the screenwriter
    the overstudy
    the stage replacement
  • MUSICAL IDIOM: to pull out all the stops.
    to do everything you can to make something successful
    sell cheaply
    to state the opposite
    to show off
  • There is no need to ___________ just because I asked you how much you earn.
    jump in my throat
    jump in my neck
    jump down my throat
    jump down my neck
  • His ambition ____________________.
    knows no bounds
    has no leaps
    hasn't got jumps
    knows no limits
  • Someone who writes plays , a dramatist, is a __________.
    screenwriter
    playwright
    playauthor
    playwriter
  • The new style of shoes _________ the 1970s ; color-soled styles which lace up the leg.
    harks back to
    thrives back to
    tags back to
    excels
  • To go somewhere with someone is to ___________.
    get along
    get together
    tag along
    hark together
  • The final step before the first night of a theatre performance is the _______.
    dress rehearsal
    curtain call
    ovation
    cue training
  • Give me a synonym for awful / terrible / horrible.
    woeful / appalling / dreadful
  • My reading skills have improved __________ since I started reading books every night.
    by jumps and bounds
    by leaps and bounds
    in jumps and leaps
    in leaps and jumps
  • Don't touch my notebook. My personal stuff is totally ____________!
    out of bounds
    of limits
    out of limits
    by leaps and bounds
  • She really _________ and sweated to get to the top of her profession.
    jaded
    hustled
    despised
    ranked
  • To be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult.
    thrive on
    counteract
    hark on
    tag along
  • This course will enable you to _____ a thorough grounding in the basics of mechanics.
    achieve
    earn
    gain
    get
  • Despite the struggle with her costume, she managed to enter the stage ______.
    in cue
    at cue
    on cue
    off cue
  • The singer arrived at the airport looking _______ after almost a year of touring.
    jaded
    lousy
    savage
    churn
  • Having to live in the Artic has been an ___________ challenge for me.
    inprecedented
    unprecedent
    unprecedented
    inprecedent
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