QUIZ 2006

OVEREAT
1) I overate myself because the food was so good.
2) Don´t overeat! You´ll be sick!
3) She overate because she was unhappy.

SNOWFLAKE
1) When she saw the snowflakes, she started to look forward to Christmas.
2) Merry Christmas to all!

FIX
1) They couldn't fix my old computer, so I bought a new one.
2) She went to her room to fix her hair.
3) Fix some sandwiches for us!

YAWN
1) I feel like yawning.
2) What´s wrong with you? Why are you yawning all the time?
3) Stop yawning!

CHEAT
1) She found out that he was cheating on her.
2) She got married but her husband was cheating on her.
3) She married Peter but he cheated on her.
4) She cheats on her husband.

QUEER
1) I feel queer.
2) She shouted at him that he was a queer.

SPOOKY
1) She didn´t tell us anything about the spooky castle.
2) The coincidence was spooky.
3) Tell us the spooky story!

WATCH OUT (FOR)
1) Watch out for cars when you cross the road!
2) He called us to watch out for the police cars.
3) Watch out for the pickpockets!

HITCHHIKE
1) A car hit him when he was hitchhiking.
2) She said (that) she wanted to hitchhike.
3) He told me that he was not going to hitchhike.

GIGGLE
1) She was giggling at her own stupidity.
2) It was hard to stop giggling.
3) She was giggling at his joke when suddenly she saw her boyfriend.

HANDY
1) A mobile phone is such a handy thing that...
2) Don't throw the bottles away, they'll come in handy.
3) It´s a good idea to have always a first-aid kit handy.
4) This handy kettle was bought in Spain.

GOSSIP
1) She didn´t believe all the gossip.
2) Let´s not gossip about the past!
3) Stop gossiping!
4) Tell us the latest gossip!

REVISION
1) A mystery is something strange that we cannot explain.
2) Why is your pillow fluffier than mine?
3) A slacker is someone who is lazy and does much less work than they should.
4) I like home-made brownies.
5) At my school you were regarded as a freak if you weren't interested in sport.
6) clubs, diamonds, spades, hearts
7) Don´t give me that crap.
8) I came up with a good plan but you refused it.
9) I didn´t have time to write letters to my folks.
10) I´m looking for a job with a decent salary.
11) If you work out, you do physical exercises in order to make your body strong and fit.
12) It's ridiculous to expect that she will love you.
13) She worked as a secretary despite her scruffy appearance.
14) Don´t bully them!
15) He got engaged to her 11 years ago and he hasn´t married her yet.
16) She yelled at them to get out!
17) Some of the waitresses were messing around instead of working.
18) The dough is stiff.
19) We hugged and kissed.
20) You have to tame your dog, it is quite disobedient.

FREAK
1) Do you know that freak?
2) I wouldn´t say (that) he is a freak.

YELL
1) Why are you yelling at me?
2) Don´t yell at me!
3) I don´t know why but she was yelling at him the whole night.
4) She yelled at them to get out!

RIDICULOUS
1) Do I look ridiculous in this hat? (po LOOK nenásleduje příslovce, ale přídavné jméno!)
2) I think (that) the task is stupid and ridiculous.
3) It was ridiculous!

TAME
1) He / It became tame. ("it" pro zvíře)
2) She never could do anything, her husband completely tamed her.
3) Reed likes taming lions and tigres.
4) tame - tamer - the tamest

ENGAGED
1) Do you know who got engaged?
2) He got engaged to her 11 years ago and he hasn´t married her yet.
3) I called there but the line was engaged / ... .
4) I can´t get through because it is still engaged / ... .

SLACKER
Why are you such a slacker?

CRAP
That´s such a crap!

FOLKS
1) Our neighbours are simple folks.
2) I didn´t have time to write letters to my folks.
3) That´s all for tonight, folks.

SPADES
clubs, diamonds, spades, hearts

MYSTERY
1) It´s a mystery to me how he found it.
2) I got / received a mystery package last night.
3) Who made the record Magical Mystery Tour in 1967? (The Beatles)

COME UP WITH
1) Paul, come up with something!
2) I came up with a good plan but you refused it.
3) It didn´t take her long to come up with a better idea. - nicer English,
or It didn´t take long and she came up with a better idea.

STIFF
1) He has stiff behaviour.
2) The dough is stiff.

HUG
1) When I saw them, they were hugging.
2) She gave him a hug. / She hugged him.
3) Will you give me a hug? / Will you hug me?

WORK OUT
1) She worked out in a ballet class three hours a week.
2) I need to work out a bit every day.
3) I worked out alone in the gym yesterday.

SCRUFFY
1) I had two pairs of scruffy pants here. Where are they?
2) Her child looked scruffy.
3) She worked as a secretary despite her scruffy appearance.

DECENT
1) I´m looking for a job with a decent salary.
2) Put on some decent clothes!
3) He lives in decent conditions.

BULLY
1) I was bullied once at my new school.
2) We will (are going to) punish every attempt of bullying.
3) He bullies him every day.

HOME-MADE
He made (prepared) his breakfast. He took a slice of home-made bread and butter.

MESS AROUND
1) Don´t mess around with me!
2) I was just messing around.
3) Who messed around (was messing) with that (it)? Who broke it? It was working (worked) yesterday and today it is not!

FLUFFY
1) Why is your pillow fluffier than mine?
2) My grandmother has always the fluffiest pastry in the village.