Lexico and grammar tests - Topic HAPPINESS - with key and explanation Mã A706655

HAPPINESS

A.VOCAB

1. To be obsessed with: unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or

worried about something

2. Uppermost (a) to be the main concern of someone

→ be uppermost in someone’s mind

3. Frivolous (a) a frivolous activity or object is silly or not important rather than useful

or serious

4. Go through sth: to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation

5. Preoccupy (v): if something preoccupies someone, they think or worry about it a lot

6. Upright (a): morally respectable, honorable

7. Known fact (n) proven point

8. Vain (a) overly proud of someone’s look or abilities

What is the preposition used with ‘vain’?

9. One’s thought wander: stop paying attention to sth and think about sth else

10. Stimulus: sth that causes a reaction

What is the preposition used with ‘stimulus’?

11. Reward (n): something given in exchange for good behaviour or good work, etc.

What is the preposition used with ‘reward’?

12. Stick to sth: If you stick to a law, rule, or promise, you obey it or do what it states

13. Bankrupt (a): unable to pay what you owe

What is the verb that usually goes before ‘bankrupt’?

14. Pension (n) an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private

company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or have

become ill

What is the verb that usually goes before ‘pension’?

15. Despair (n): the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to

improve a difficult or worrying situation

What is the preposition used with ‘despair’?

16. Prejudice (n): an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed

without enough thought or knowledge.

Is ‘prejudice’ a countable or uncountable noun?

What is the preposition used with ‘prejudice’?

17. Inadequacy (n) a feeling that you are not as good, clever, skilled etc as other people

18. Unbearable (a): too unpleasant, painful, or annoying to deal with

19. All hell breaks loose: If all hell breaks loose, a situation suddenly becomes violent

and noisy, especially with people arguing or fighting

20. Inflict (v): to make someone/sth suffer something unpleasant

What is the preposition used with ‘inflict’?

21. To no effect: in vain, unsuccessfully

22. Breakthrough (n) an important new discovery in something you are studying,

especially one made after trying for a long time.

23. Disabuse (v) to persuade someone that what they believe is not true

What is the preposition used with ‘disabuse’?

24. Compromise (n) an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less

than what they wanted at first, or the act of making this agreement

What are the prepositions and verbs used with ‘compromise’?

25. Split up: if people split up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other

26. Tolerate (v): to accept unpleasant behaviour or an unpleasant situation, even

though you do not like it B.EXERCISE

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words in the correct forms.

1. The strikes ________________ serious damage on the economy. A. Tolerated B. Inflicted C. Preoccupied 2. Jonas went through a difficult time after his company went ________________ A. Frivolous B. Despair C. Bankrupt 3. For years the workers have had to ________________ low wages and terrible working conditions. A. Stick to B. Go through C. Tolerate 4. After the operation, he suffered from ________________ pains which prevent him from sleeping every night. A. Unbearable B. Uppermost C. Frivolous 5. I would like to ________________ your mind of the idea that your cousin has a feeling of hostility to you. On the contrary he spoke to me in the most friendly terms of you. A. Inflict B. Disabuse C. Wander 6. After 3 years of marriage, they ________________ because she has a love affair with another man. A. Inadequacy B. Split up C. Tolerate 7. Work time is too valuable to waste on ________________ games. A. Frivolous B. To no effect C. Stimulus 8. He is extremely ________________ about his …