Monthly Archives: July 2013

Crossword – Basic Vocabulary 46

basic vocab 46
Across
1 Unit of writing (9)
6 Merely (4)
8 Number in a pair (3)
9 Cooking container (3)
10 Number of lives a cat has (4)
11 Third, fourth, ____ (5)
13 Therefore (2)
15 What are ____ doing? (3)
16 Number of fingers (3)
19 Proportion (5)
20 To ship something to another country for sale, etc. (6)
21 Conjunction used for comparing two things (2)
23 A ceasing to be seen (13)
24 Day after Monday (7)
25 Speak (4)
28 What a bird lays (3)
30 Opposite of “in” (3)
31 A small cloth used to wipe your face or nose (12)
34 Supporting curve in a wall (4)
35 Opposite of “begin” (3)
37 Having to do with finances (9)
39 Lend (4)

Down
1 Idea (4)
2 Circular (5)
3 Obtain (3)
4 Later in time (5)
5 Foot of a horse or cow (4)
7 Coverage for risk of an accident (9)
9 Related to the body (8)
12 Sport (8)
14 Vocabulary (4)
16 Opposite of “from” (2)
17 Daily paper (9)
18 Contest (11)
22 Soaked (9)
23 Aversion (7)
26 Used to open or lock a door (3)
27 Place for cooking (7)
29 To move from one place to another (2)
32 Treating everyone equally (4)
33 Not short (4)
36 Question word (2)
38 None (2)

Idiom Focus: Business Idioms 9

Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.

number-cruncher: an accountant, someone who works with numbers.

Example:

Although Bob wasn’t hired as a number-cruncher, he ended up becoming head of accounts receivable.

in charge of: in control of, responsible for.

Example:

Let me speak to the person in charge of accounts payable, please.

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Crossword – TOEFL 15 (Solution)

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