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level: LEVEL 2

Questions and Answers List

level questions: LEVEL 2

Question	Answer
PASS ( TIME TICKS BY)	TICK BY
to determine a person or things ( It's hard to account for the old lady's performance)	ACCOUNT FOR
to cause an illness to spread out	BRING ON
to influence sb's decision	BRING SB ROUND
be involved in something bad	be implicated in something
to try to get something so hard	fish for compliments
in a state of deep concentration	IN A BROWN STUDY
in a situation that is not clear	A GREY AREA
innocent, never do anything wrong	WHITER THAN WHITE
To be in discomfort or nervousness	BE IN DISCOMPOSURE
IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER/ TO AN EFFECTIVE DEGREE	TO GOOD EFFECT/ USE
to be the action of sb	OF ONE'S OWN MAKING
To raise a feeling	TO FOSTER [ A FEELING]
to try something new for a short time	DABBLE IN
To be understood in many different ways ( The parasite metaphors are??)	OPEN TO INTERPRETATION
having a better than even chance of success	OODS-ON
With the good purpose	WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS/FOR THE BEST OF REASONS
DO SOMETHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF SB	ACT IN SB'S BEST INTEREST
See your boyfriend's faults	SEE SB'S WARTS
doubt or unable to accept something "exhaustively"	RESERVATION (C2)
To let go of something that worries you by telling someone or doing something	GET SOMETHING OFF YOUR CHEST
to make a decision	COMMIT YOURSELF TO [V-ing]
to be let OF ONE OWN'S ACCORD	TO BE LEFT TO YOUR OWN DEVICES
To keep a secret	keep sth to oneself
To have a private life	KEEP YOURSELF TO YOURSELF
to make a speech weaker and less controversial	WATER DOWN A SPEECH
admit being wrong ( = BACK DOWN)	CLIMB DOWN
TO BE OUT OF QUESTION	BE NO PICNIC
to be reluctant to do something	RESIGN ONESELF TO DOING SOMETHING
yield (to); give satisfaction to	INDULGE YOURSELF IN SOMEHTING