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Proficency Review 1

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  • What do you do if you set the record straight?
    correct a false understanding
  • What sound do your boots makes as they walk through mud?
    squelch squelch
  • What does blurt out mean?
    To say something without thinking, usually a secret or something embarrassing
  • What might you choke back?
    tears
  • What does take a stand mean?
    stand up for your principles
  • I didn't mean to _____hear you, but you were talking about me! (prefix)
    overhear
  • It was all a terrrible _____understanding. (prefix)
    misunderstanding
  • What does upright mean?
    having a strong sense of morals
  • What might you fend off?
    an attack
  • Little _________________________________ that he was a spy for the Russians. (inversion)
    Little did we know, little did the government know etc..
  • It can be stressful living in the public __________. (clue: use a part of the body)
    the public eye
  • What sound do ringing bells make?
    ding dong, a peal of bells
  • What does first come first served mean?
    teacher's discretion
  • What is the difference between childlike and childish?
    Teacher's discretion
  • What would set your teeth on edge?
    teacher's discretion
  • I think that you, Mr Bond, have _____lived your usefulness. Kill him, Oddjob.
    outlived
  • What does contemptuous mean?
    deep disapproval, when you feel vastly superior to someone and show it
  • By a massive __________ of luck, we bumped into a policeman moments after the robbery.
    a stroke of luck
  • What does scornful mean?
    full of scorn :-) contemptuous, the opposite of appreciative
  • What do you do if you pull a fast one?
    perpetrate a trick or fraud
  • If something is absolutely staggering, what has happened?
    Something very surprising
  • What does ingenious mean
    original, resourceful and clever
  • What sound does light rain make outside your window
    pitter patter
  • What does sensible mean?
    indicative of good sense, reason and prudence