1. What is a “boffin” in British usage?

   1. A muffin (somewhat like a scone or a crumpet)

   2. A scientist, brainiac or researcher (sometimes with nerdish tendencies)

   3. A can or a tin

   4. Cockney rhyming slang for coffin

2. What does “snog” mean in British English?

   1. A terrible snob

   2. To beat up someone and take their money, to mug

   3. London’s legendary fog

   4. To kiss or to pet (as in to make out)

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   n British English the term “pudding”, besides referring to the Christmas pudding or plum pudding we’ve all heard about, also is used in a more general way for something else. What does it mean?

   1. Fringe benefits or perks

   2. Proof or evidence

   3. Big trouble

   4. Dessert in general

5. What do the following short expressions mean?

Wow! Ouch! Cool! Oops! Phew!

5. Define each of the following items. Indicate any features of style, register or dialect. Use a dictionary for the purpose.

1. to die to kick the bucket to pass away

2. guy man block dude digger

3. bluenose hypocrite phoney

5. Replace the general, overused adjectives and adverbs with a more specific and effective one.

   1. That was a good lecture (witty, stimulating, instructive, entertaining, up-to-date).

   2. Kate was a nice girl (friendly, warm-hearted, generous, modest, vivacious).

   3. He answers every question well (correctly, promptly, wittily).

   4. Marion always dresses well (elegantly, expensively, smartly, fashionably, tastefully).

   5. He is a good student (clever, intelligent, hard-working, conscientious).

   6. She had a very nice face: her beauty took your breath away (rare, unusual, striking).

6. Match each verb with its equivalent.

   break out bring sth about drop off get away with sth give away go into go off make/do without sth take sb in talk sb into/out of sth pull through turn down turn up

   appear betray deceive persuade/dissuade manage without explode recover investigate cause sth to happen decrease escape without punishment start reject

7. Replace the underlined words with the phrasal verbs. Use the verbs from the list in the previous exercise.

   1. His disguise was clever but his voice betrayed him.

   2. I will examine the matter as soon as possible.

   3. Attendances have been decreasing lately

   4. I was ten when the war started.

   5. I thought I heard the bomb explode in the middle of the night.

   6. Nobody knows exactly what caused that financial crisis.

   7. There was no bread in the house so we had to manage without.

   8. He was very ill at one time, but, amazingly, recovered.

   9. Dolly’s parents dissuaded her from accepting hi proposal.

   10. He was badly deceived when he bought that second-hand car.

11. Match definitions and terms:

ARCHAISM HISTORISM NEOLOGISM TERM WORD REGISTER STYLE LEXICON

A language user's knowledge of words A unit of language that has a meaning and a referent A very old word or expression which is no longer in current use The conventional use of a language. A word or expression used for some particular thing A word which exists in the language but the phenomenon or object it denotes no longer exists A range of vocabulary, grammar, etc. used by speakers in particular social circumstances or professional contexts A newly invented word or phrase