Objective Proficiency p 33. Keys and Vocabulary

Ex 4
KEY
1 B 



2 C 



3 A 



4 D 



5 A 



6 C

Vocabulary

• Judgement: an opinion that you form about something after thinking about it carefully; the act of making this opinion known to others. E.g. He refused to make a judgement about the situation.Who am I to pass judgement on her behaviour? (= to criticize it). I'd like to reserve judgement until I see the report. It was, in her judgement, the wrong thing to do. I did it against my better judgement (= although I thought it was perhaps the wrong thing to do).
• Derive: /dɪˈraɪv/ derive something from something. 1 (formal) to get something from something. E.g. He derived great pleasure from painting. 
• Rooted in something: developing from or being strongly influenced by something. E.g. His problems are deeply rooted in his childhood experiences.
• Feverishly: /ˈfiːvərɪʃli/ showing strong feelings of excitement or worry, often with a lot of activity or quick movements. E.g. The team worked feverishly to the November deadline. Her mind raced feverishly.

Style extra 
KEY
The animals associated with Miss Nili are:
a horse: she ate like a horse
a snake: like a snake swallowing a bird … one leg coiled under her.
Coil: to wind into a series of circles; to make something do this. Sp. enrollar. E.g. coil up The snake coiled up, ready to strike. 
a cow: She made a lowing sound between bites.
Low: when a cow lows, it makes a deep sound. Moo.

The effect is to accentuate her appetite and unconventional behaviour.
 
By referring to the taxi as having a butter-coloured top, the author brings his own writing to life and also skilfully reminds us that Triton the narrator is also Triton the cook, who sees life through his cooking.

Vocabulary

• Tie in (with something): to match or agree with something. E.g. This evidence ties in closely with what we already know.
• Sparingly: /ˈspeərɪŋli/ careful to use or give only a little of something. Sp. Con moderación. E.g. Use the cream very sparingly.

Ex 5
KEY
Savour the aftertaste – enjoy the sensation of flavour left in her mouth
 
The noun collocates are: 
a. success



b. freedom



c. memories



d. past



e. word, wine

Vocabulary 

• Savour: /ˈseɪvə(r)/ 1. to enjoy the full taste or flavour of something, especially by eating or drinking it slowly. E.g. He ate his meal slowly, savouring every mouthful. 2. To enjoy a feeling or an experience thoroughly. E.g. I wanted to savour every moment. He sat for a few moments, savouring the memory to the full. An opportunity to savour the delights of snowboarding.
• Confer something (on/upon somebody):  /kənˈfɜː(r)/ to give somebody an award, a university degree or a particular honour or right. Sp. otorgar. E.g. An honorary /ˈɒnərəri/ degree was conferred on him by Oxford University in 2009. At 37, the Oscar-nominated actress is savouring every moment of her newly-conferred status.

Ex 6
KEY
Possible answers
a. consume + equivalent, quantity, time
E.g. Each of us consumes the equivalent of two trees a year in paper use alone. A typical teenager consumes a staggering quantity of commercial media online. Surfing the internet consumes too much time.
staggering: so great, shocking or surprising that it is difficult to believe. Astounding. E.g. They paid a staggering £5 million for the house.



b. devour + books, news
Devour: /dɪˈvaʊə(r)/ to read or look at something with great interest and enthusiasm. E.g. People in Redwood City, California eagerly devoured news of the jury’s decision. She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. I absolutely devour things like blockbuster novels and trashy love stories in magazines.
Blockbuster: something very successful, especially a very successful book or film/movie. E.g. a Hollywood blockbuster. A blockbuster novel.
Trashy: of poor quality; with no value. E.g. Trashy love stories.
 

c. relish + challenge, thought
Relish: to get great pleasure from something; to want very much to do or have something. Enjoy. E.g. To relish a fight/challenge/debate. To relish the idea/thought of something. I don't relish the idea of spending the night in a tent. I don't relish the prospect of getting up early tomorrow. Montoya relishes the high expectations and says he
loves pressure.
 


d. swallow + pill, pride, news

The pills should be swallowed whole. You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back. There has been less retail activity over the last two weeks, perhaps as people swallow news of job cuts and a worsening economic outlook. I found it hard to swallow the news that the factory was closing. I found her excuse very hard to swallow (believe).
He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole (believed everything).

a hard pill to swallow Something, especially a fact or piece of news, that is unpleasant or difficult but which is unavoidable or must be accepted. E.g. It was a hard pill to swallow learning that my father's fortune had been squandered. Her recent breakup with Janet was a hard pill to swallow