CAE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
to do away with smth - ✔✔abolish
✔✔to slip up - ✔✔to make a mistake
✔✔to pull through - ✔✔recover from a serious illness
✔✔to come in for - ✔✔receive criticism or blame for smth
✔✔state/disability benefits - ✔✔n. in Britain, money given by the government to people
who are poor or in a bad health condition
✔✔to daunt - ✔✔to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something
✔✔networking - ✔✔A way of making and using contacts to get job information and
advice
✔✔to shoulder responsibility - ✔✔to accept that you are responsible for something
difficult or bad
✔✔close-knit - ✔✔in which everyone knows each other well and gives each other
support when they need it
✔✔redundant - ✔✔Needlessly repetitive
✔✔plagiarism - ✔✔taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
✔✔to hand in - ✔✔to submit or deliver something that is due
✔✔to stride - ✔✔to walk somewhere with long steps, confidently
✔✔to be taken aback by - ✔✔You're surprised or shocked about sb
, ✔✔to take advantage of - ✔✔Exploit
✔✔to take pride in - ✔✔To be proud of a situation, sth you achieved
✔✔to take pity on - ✔✔(phrase) show compassion; to show or be merciful toward
another person or thing
✔✔to take exception to - ✔✔to be offended by, to disagree
✔✔to flaunt - ✔✔v: to show off; to display oneself proudly or conspicuously
✔✔convenient - ✔✔easy and suitable to a particular situation
✔✔to settle - ✔✔mediate, reach agreement
✔✔to emphasise - ✔✔to stress, give special importance to
✔✔to sack - ✔✔fire somebody
✔✔dreadful (at) - ✔✔very bad
✔✔petrified (of) - ✔✔extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot
move or think
✔✔brilliant (at) - ✔✔great
✔✔pessimistic (about) - ✔✔Expecting things to turn out badly
✔✔fed up (with) - ✔✔when you have enough something, when you're bored or tired
✔✔(to be) keen (on) / fond (of) - ✔✔to like (2x)
✔✔annoyed (with) - ✔✔(adj) bothered by small things that happen frequently ( people's
bad habits, behaviour) ,
✔✔allergic (to) - ✔✔that can't tolerate e.g. flowers
✔✔to be into ...ing - ✔✔like something
✔✔to have a burning ambition to - ✔✔be very ambitious to do something
✔✔smell, taste, sight, hearing, touch - ✔✔
to do away with smth - ✔✔abolish
✔✔to slip up - ✔✔to make a mistake
✔✔to pull through - ✔✔recover from a serious illness
✔✔to come in for - ✔✔receive criticism or blame for smth
✔✔state/disability benefits - ✔✔n. in Britain, money given by the government to people
who are poor or in a bad health condition
✔✔to daunt - ✔✔to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something
✔✔networking - ✔✔A way of making and using contacts to get job information and
advice
✔✔to shoulder responsibility - ✔✔to accept that you are responsible for something
difficult or bad
✔✔close-knit - ✔✔in which everyone knows each other well and gives each other
support when they need it
✔✔redundant - ✔✔Needlessly repetitive
✔✔plagiarism - ✔✔taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
✔✔to hand in - ✔✔to submit or deliver something that is due
✔✔to stride - ✔✔to walk somewhere with long steps, confidently
✔✔to be taken aback by - ✔✔You're surprised or shocked about sb
, ✔✔to take advantage of - ✔✔Exploit
✔✔to take pride in - ✔✔To be proud of a situation, sth you achieved
✔✔to take pity on - ✔✔(phrase) show compassion; to show or be merciful toward
another person or thing
✔✔to take exception to - ✔✔to be offended by, to disagree
✔✔to flaunt - ✔✔v: to show off; to display oneself proudly or conspicuously
✔✔convenient - ✔✔easy and suitable to a particular situation
✔✔to settle - ✔✔mediate, reach agreement
✔✔to emphasise - ✔✔to stress, give special importance to
✔✔to sack - ✔✔fire somebody
✔✔dreadful (at) - ✔✔very bad
✔✔petrified (of) - ✔✔extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot
move or think
✔✔brilliant (at) - ✔✔great
✔✔pessimistic (about) - ✔✔Expecting things to turn out badly
✔✔fed up (with) - ✔✔when you have enough something, when you're bored or tired
✔✔(to be) keen (on) / fond (of) - ✔✔to like (2x)
✔✔annoyed (with) - ✔✔(adj) bothered by small things that happen frequently ( people's
bad habits, behaviour) ,
✔✔allergic (to) - ✔✔that can't tolerate e.g. flowers
✔✔to be into ...ing - ✔✔like something
✔✔to have a burning ambition to - ✔✔be very ambitious to do something
✔✔smell, taste, sight, hearing, touch - ✔✔
