Samenvatting - Vocab

• 1 Chapter 5-10

•  an adjective used when there are clouds of small drops of water in the air which are difficult to see through.

  misty
• Write the correct adjective for the country in brackets.
  The (Iraq)..............government has announced it will resume flights from Baghdad.

  Iraqi
• Definition: a lot of rain that falls in a short time.

  downpours
• Write the correct adjective for the world region in brackets.
  Arabic is without a doubt the dominant language in every (North Africa) .............. ............... country.

  North African
• Definition: a period of unusually hot weather, especially one that continues for a long time.

  heatwave
• Name the language, similar to Dutch, that is spoken in parts of Belgium.

  Flemish
• Definition: having large, strong muscles.

  Muscular
• Complete the idiom for describing someone who is lazy.

  Lazy-bones
• Complete the idiom for describing people who stay calm in difficult situations.

  keep his head
• Definition: not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen.

  naive
• Complete the expression meaning to not feel interested in someone or something at all.

  leaving you cold
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  Complete the idiom for describing someone who has no sympathy for others.

  As hard as nails
• Definition: a very strong wind.

  Gale
• Definition: very hot and wet, as it often is near the Equator.

  Tropical
• Fill in the 3 missing words that form an expression meaning to argue with someone. Use the correct form of the word in brackets.

  fallen out with
• Complete the idiom for describing behaviour that is very exaggerated or extreme.

  over the top
• Complete the idiom for describing someone who is very unpleasant.

  piece of work
• Definition: using money carefully and wisely.

  thrifty
• Definition: not neat.

  untidy
• Definition: easily upset or offended by events or things that people say.

  sensitive
• Complete the adjective meaning stupidly obstinate.

  pig-headed
• Definition: a person you know who may be able to help or advise you.

  contacts
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  Add the correct verb form to complete the expression meaning to like someone and have a friendly relationship with them.
  I've always ................. on well with Henry.

  got
• Complete the idiom for describing behaviour that is very exaggerated or extreme.

  over the top
• Definition: when the air is very wet and hot, making you sweat a lot.

  humid
• Definition: very heavy, when referring to rainfall.

  torrential
• Write the correct adjective for the country in brackets.
  The (Kuwait) .............. cuisine includes much fish and other seafood.

  Kuwaiti
• Definition: having little or no hair on your head.

  bald
• Definition: always wanting to find out things that do not concern you, especially other people's private affairs.

  nosy
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  Definition: determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable.

  obstinate
• Complete the phrasal verb meaning to think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful or of a higher social class than they are.

  down on
• Definition: to dislike and have a low opinion of someone or something.

  despise
• Complete the idiom meaning to become friendly with someone again after you have had an argument.

  made it up
• Definition: the short road between your house and the street.

  the drive
• Definition: a small apartment for one or two people, usually with one large room for sleeping and living in and a bathroom.

  Shared flat
• Definition: cleaning equipment that you use to remove waste that you have swept up from the floor. (Tip: 2 words that go together)

  Dustpan and brush
• Definition: in Britain, the school that children go to between the ages of five and eleven.

  primary
• aardappelschilmesje

  peeler
• Definition: to take an exam again, because you failed it first time round.

  resit
• Definition: add the most suitable verb to complete the expression meaning to be allowed to go to a school.

  gain
• Definition: a serious infectious disease that is caused by dirty food and water.

  cholera
• Definition: a verb connected with volcanoes meaning to explode and send smoke, fire and rock into the sky.
  Mount Etna, in Sicily, is an active volcano, which e............... regularly.

  erupts
• Definition: something you must do by law.

  compulsary
• Definition: in the process of studying for a Bachelor's degree.

  undergraduate
• Definition: the natural colour or appearance of the skin on a person’s face.
  His eyes were an astounding blue and his com............... was ruddy from a life spent at sea.

  complexion
• Complete the name of the world region.
  The M.............. is the area of southern Europe that borders on the sea that bears the same name.

  The Mediterranean
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  Definition: a short period of rain or snow.
  The weather will be cloudy with light s............... in places.

  showers
• Name the language that is spoken in Portugal.
  P.............. is a difficult language to learn, so they say.

  Portuguese
• Definition: cruel and enjoying making other people suffer.
  The principal was a s.............. man who enjoyed tormenting his students.

  sadistic
• Definition: allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove of.
  In the per............... society of the 1960s, anything was possible.

  permissive