C2 26/2/20

Use of English

1)

off the beaten track/path

a place that is off the beaten track is not well known and is far away from the places that people usually visit

2)

encounter (v) problems/difficulties

- They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.

encounter opposition/resistance

- The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.

GRAMMAR: Prepositions with involved

• Someone is involved in something:

He is involved in the family business.

Don’t get involved in their problems.

✗Don’t say: involved into something

• Someone is involved with a project, person, or group:

She got involved with the youth club.

encounter ●○○ AWL noun [countable]   

1 an occasion when you meet someone, or do something with someone you do not know

- She didn’t remember our encounter last summer.

encounter with

- His first encounter with Wilson was back in 1989.

right answer >engage with somebody/something formal

to get involved with other people

and their ideas in order to understand them

 Are you so tired you don’t have the energy to engage with your kids?

- The government was taking little heed of these threats.

- Tom paid no heed to her warning.

3)edited
ap‧pro‧pri‧ate /əˈprəʊpri-ət $ əˈproʊ-/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL adjective   

correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose OPP inappropriate

pre‧sent‧a‧ble /prɪˈzentəbəl/ adjective   

tidy and attractive enough to be seen or shown to someone

- She’s a presentable young woman.

best answer> respectable /rɪˈspektəbəl/ ●●○ adjective   

1 someone who is respectable behaves in a way that is considered socially acceptable

 hard-working, respectable people

 a respectable family

- Put a tie on – it’ll make you look more respectable.

2 good or satisfactory SYN decent

- a respectable income

4)

fall for sth hook, line, and sinker

to completely believe something that someone tells you that is not true:

She told him she needed the money for her baby and he fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

We are offering incentives for companies to locate in/at our city.

5)

located

be located in/near etc something

to be in a particular position or place SYN be situated

- The business is located right in the center of town.

6)

reminiscent of something

reminding you of something

 a style strongly reminiscent of Virginia Woolf’s novels

suggestive /səˈdʒestɪv $ səɡ-/ adjective   

1 similar to something

suggestive of

- Her symptoms are suggestive of a panic disorder.

right answer>  evocative /ɪˈvɒkətɪv $ ɪˈvɑː-/ adjective   

making people remember something by producing a feeling or memory in them

evocative of

- a picture that is wonderfully evocative of a hot, summer’s day

- evocative music

7)

best answer> deserted /dɪˈzɜːtɪd $ -ɜːr-/ ●○○ adjective   

1 empty and quiet because no people are there

- The streets were deserted.

vacant /ˈveɪkənt/ ●●○ adjective   

1 a vacant seat, building, room, or piece of land is empty and available for someone to use

- Only a few apartments were still vacant.

derelict /ˈderəlɪkt/ adjective   

a derelict building or piece of land is in very bad condition because it has not been used for a long time.

8)

pay heed to something/take heed of something

formal - to pay attention to something, especially something someone says, and seriously consider it

fea‧si‧ble /ˈfiːzəbəl/ ●○○ adjective   

a plan, idea, or method that is feasible is possible and is likely to work SYN possible

- a feasible solution

For quite a while