Wyatt Voc Test

Front 1

Sometimes I long for a bit of peace and quiet.

Back 1

Verb. Formal

To want something very much.

Hint 1

She longed to see him again.

I'm longing for news of him.

Front 2

I'm quite fond of Chinese food.

Back 2

Adjective. Liking

To like someone or something very much, to like doing something.

Hint 2

She was very fond of horses.

My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes.

Front 3

I loathe people who interrupt when I'm speaking.

Back 3

Verb. detest

C2. To hate someone or something.

Hint 3

From an early age the brothers have loathed each other.

Do you like fish? - No, I loathe it.

I loathe doing housework.

Front 4

I detest people who tell lies.

Back 4

Verb. Loathe

To hate someone or something very much.

Hint 4

I detest any kind of cruelty.

I detest having to get up when it's dark outside.

Her detested older brother.

Front 5

People who are cruel to animals revolt me.

Back 5

Verb. Sick puke

C2. To make someone feel unpleasantly shocked or disgust.

Hint 5

We were revolted by the dirt and mess in her house.

It revolts me to know that the world spends so much money on arms when millions are dying of hunger.

Front 6

Smell of cooking meat really repels me.

Back 6

Verb.

People or things that R-ls you make you feel strongly that you do not want to be near, see, or think about them.

Hint 6

She was repelled by his ugliness.

Arrogance repels many people.

Front 7

She peered closely at the map.

Back 7

Verb.

C2. To look carefully or with difficulty.

Hint 7

The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road signs.

We peered through the crack in the floorboards.

Front 8

To grope

Back 8

Verb.

To feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily.

Hint 8

She groped for her glasses on the bedside table.

I had to grope my way up the dark stairs.

Front 9

Grope for something

Back 9

Phrasal verb. Making efforts

To try to think of something, especially the right words, the correct answer, Etc.

Hint 9

I'm groping for the right words here.

Front 10

To limp

Back 10

Verb. Moving unsteadily

To walk slowly and with difficulty because of having an injured or painful leg or foot.

Hint 10

3 minutes into the game, Jackson limped off the pitch with a serious ankle injury.

Front 11

To nudge

Back 11

Verb. Pushing and shoving

To push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow to attract the person attention.

Hint 11

The children were giggling and nudging each other.

She nudged the cat out the sofa so that he could sit down.

Front 12

To shove

Back 12

Verb. Push

To push someone or something forcefully.

Hint 12

She was jostled and shoved by and angry crowd as she left the court.

Just wait your turn - there's no need to shove.

Front 13

To puff

Back 13

Verb.

To breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising.

Hint 13

He came puffing up the stairs.

Front 14

To stagger

Back 14

Verb. Move

C2. To walk or move with the difficulties as if you are going to fall.

Hint 14

After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for the help.

Fig. The company is staggering under a 15 million debt and will almost certainly collapse by the end of the year.

Front 15

To trudge

Back 15

Verb.

C2. To walk slowly with a lot of effort, especially over a difficult surface or while carrying something heavy.

Hint 15

We trudged back up the hill.

I'd had to trudge through the snow.

Front 16

To stroll

Back 16

Verb.

To walk in a slow, relaxed manner, especially for pleasure.

Hint 16

We could stroll along the beach after dinner.

Front 17

To beckon

Back 17

Verb. Gesture and signaling

To move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer.

Hint 17

The customs official beckoned to the woman to his counter.

"Hey you!" she called, beckoning me over with her finger.

He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me.

Front 18

A stroke

Back 18

Noun. Event phrase

C2. Something that happens or succeeds suddenly because of luck, intelligence, excetera.

Hint 18

By a stroke of luck, someone else was walking along the trail and heard my shouts for help.

Front 19

To groan

Back 19

Verb.

C2. A deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness.

A complain noise or phrase.

Hint 19

We could hear the groans of wounded soldiers.

He looked at the piles of dirty dishes and gave a groan of dismay.

Front 20

A dismay

Back 20

Noun. Sadness and regret, anxiety

C2. A feeling of unhappiness and disappointment.

Hint 20

The fans watched in/with dismay as their team lost 42-11.

She discovered, to her dismay, that her exam was a whole month earlier that she had expected.

Front 21

To sniff

Back 21

Verb.

C2. To smell something by taking air in through your nose.

Hint 21

She sniffed her socks to see if they needed washing.

Dogs love sniffing each other.

Front 22

To stammer

Back 22

Verb. Stutter

To speak or say something with unusual pause or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear and anxiety.

Hint 22

"wh-when can we g-go?" She stammered.

Front 23

To doze

Back 23

Verb. Nap

To have a short sleep, especially during the day.

Hint 23

My cat likes dozing in front of the fire.

Front 24

To shiver

Back 24

Verb.

When people or animals S-r, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened.

Hint 24

He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt.

We shivered in the piercing wind.

Front 25

To shrug

Back 25

Verb.

C2. To raise your shoulders and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested.

Hint 25

He shrugged his shoulders as if to say that there was nothing he could do about it.

Front 26

A resigned look/expression/tone

Back 26

Adjective. Tolerating and enduring look/tone/expression

Accepting that something you do not like will happen because you cannot change it.

Front 27

To squat

Back 27

Verb.

To position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your.

Hint 27

He squatted down and examined the front wheel of his bike.

Front 28

To be like chalk and cheese.

Back 28

If two people are like C and C, they are completely different from each other.

Hint 28

My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.

Front 29

To fetch

Back 29

Verb.

Go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back.

Hint 29

I have to fetch my mother from the station.

I fetch the children from the school.

Front 30

A continual misstake

Back 30

Adjective.

Happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not convenient way.

Hint 30

I've had continual problems with this car ever since I bought it.

I'm always making continual mistakes.

Front 31

A formidable obstacle/task

Back 31

Adjective.

Causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because of that thing or person is large, powerful, or difficult.

Hint 31

Tyson came up against a formidable opponent.

She is a formidable figure who commands a great deal of respect.

Front 32

As sympathetic person

Back 32

Adjective.

C2. Agreeing or supporting.

Hint 32

The party is considered to be sympathetic to/towards welfare reform.

Did he give you proposal/complains a sympathetic hearing?

Front 33

A beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular scenery.

Back 33

Noun. Not a town

The general appearance of the natural environment, especially when it is beautiful.

Hint 33

They stopped at the top of the hill to admire the scenery.

Front 34

Illidan is an arrogant fool

Back 34

Adjective.

Unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people

Hint 34

I find him arrogant and rude.

Front 35

To exude

Back 35

Verb. Expressing

If you E-de love, confidence, pain, etc, you show that you have a lot of that feeling.

Hint 35

She just exudes confidence.