Unit 10

Set out = begin a journey

Glimmering = a faint sign of smth

Ordeal = unpleasant experience

Hand over = pass responsibility

Go badly

Turn out well

Work is paid off

Achieve one’s aim

Give a sense of achievement

Do well

Stand a chance of …

Further one’s career

Have a bright future ahead

An overnight success

Ride high in the charts

High-flier

Get on in life

Thriving region

Put smth down to

Sign up for

Come up against problems

Face up to problems

Make up for = compensate for

Put up with = tolerate

Look up to = admire

Come in for = receive

Go in for = take part in

Get away with = escape

Crack down on – deal strict

Smell a rat – suspect deception

Couch potato

Channel-hop

Soap / sitcom

Top of the ratings

Prime time tv

Anchor = newsreader

Terrestrial / satellite tv

Live sports coverage

Documentary / current affairs programme

Remote control

Daytime tv

Recorded highlights

Glued to the tv

Come to nothing

Plans have fallen through

Make it to

Work out

Go bankrupt

Didn’t do any good

Box-office flop

Make a mess of

A lost cause

Come to grief

Unit 11

Jocund = cheerful

Have a quick glance at / glancing surreptitiously at

Browse the web / browse in the bookshop

Block the view / view properties

A blank stare

In the public gaze

Stare – with surprise

Gaze – without understanding

Flutter: eyelids, heart, hands, flags

Sparkle: eyes, sea, jewellery, glass

Wander: eyes, thoughts, attention, mind

Flash: eyes, lightning, neon signs, warning lights

Toss: a coin, one’s hair, a ball, a salad

Shine: a light, a torch, shoes, silver

For quite some time

In another 3 months

Once every other week

There’s every chance

For all his faults

Second to none

In: danger, practice, retrospect, custody, person, flames, tears, ruins, arrears, droves

At: risk, ease, stake, fault, gunpoint

On: fire, offer, loan, leave, tiptoe, paper, strike, trial, bail, hold

Out of: date, sight, breath, character, work

Off: duty, balance, course, limits, work

By: chance, mistake, nature, force, law

Bacon: sizzle

Stomach: rumble

Clock: chime

Cork: pop

Glasses: clink

Car horn: beep

Clattering down the stairs

Screech of brakes

Crack of gunfire

Leaves: rustle

Windows: rattle

Door: bang, click

Keys: jingle

Stairs: creak

Unit 12

Computer-generated

Hand-drawn

Labour-saving

Time-consuming

Stress-inducing

Fast-moving

Air-conditioned

Centrally-heated

Gas-guzzling

So-called

Wind-powered