Crossword – Basic Vocabulary 48
Across
1 Burden (4)
3 Caffeinated drink (6)
5 Liquor (7)
7 Not pretty (4)
8 Firm (5)
11 Used (10)
14 Pot and ____ (3)
15 Lack of conformity (12)
17 Making an animal able to work for people or live with them as a pet (13)
19 Big (5)
22 Drying cloth (5)
25 Place of higher education (7)
28 Steamship (7)
29 Shaped like an elongated circle (4)
31 Geographical guide (3)
33 Require (6)
35 Until (4)
37 Foe (5)
38 Without cost (4)
Down
1 Instruction (6)
2 As long as (5)
4 Act of putting forth leaves (9)
6 Weep (3)
7 A statement that is not strong enough to express how good, bad, etc something really is (14)
9 Used for pressing clothes (4)
10 Personal pronoun for 2nd person, singular or plural (3)
11 A part inside a plant or animal that is shaped like a bag and contains liquid or air (3)
12 Crafty (7)
13 Not wet (3)
14 The science of human behavior (10)
16 Sewing need (6)
18 One time (4)
20 Ash or fine powder (7)
21 Seeing organ (3)
23 Not cool (4)
24 Light source (4)
26 Opposite of “most” (5)
27 Opposite of “come” (2)
30 Opposite of “female” (4)
32 Can do (4)
34 Might (3)
36 A word used when talking about something that might happen or be true, or might have happened (2)
Idiom Focus: Business Idioms 13
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.
take stock: count the merchandise, supplies, etc. in stock. Also: take inventory.
Example:
Once a month the clerk takes stock of all the office supplies and places an order for items that have run out.
calculated risk: some action that might fail, but you think it will succeed.
Example:
The CEO took a calculated risk when he decided to set up a manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
Crossword – TOEFL 16
Across
1 A description of someone that is only partially true, and exaggerates certain characteristics to make them seem silly (10)
6 A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement (5)
9 Oblong piece of solid material (3)
10 Continue (6)
11 Fat (5)
13 Something that is out of place because it doesn’t fit in with the time period (11)
17 Embezzle (14)
18 To revoke formally (6)
20 Beneficial (9)
23 Very critical or angry (5)
24 The ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leadership (10)
25 Expensive, priceless (10)
27 To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks (4)
28 Appropriate to one’s purpose (9)
29 Depict unfairly (4)
Down
2 Changing suddenly (6)
3 Happening right away, without delay (13)
4 Not to be trusted, perfidious (11)
5 Uncooked (3)
6 Vulgar (5)
7 Assert with confidence (4)
8 Uniform, having no variation (4)
12 Able to be understood, intelligible (14)
14 To damage something or make it not as good as it should be (6)
15 Cosmetics (6)
16 Incapable of getting tired (13)
17 Damage (3)
19 Historical period (3)
20 Administrative district of a city (4)
21 Go astray (3)
22 Of a voice characterized by richness and clearness (7)
26 Provoke (3)
Idiom Focus: Business Idioms 12
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.
bail (someone/something) out: rescue someone (or a company) with financial problems by providing for their debt.
Example:
Many people object to the idea that public tax money should be used to bail out private companies, like auto manufacturers and banks.
kickback: a kind of bribe for conducting business with a favored vendor or contractor, paid like a commission for the bribe taker.
Example:
The contractor gave the building inspector a kickback every time he cited a building owner for code violations and then directed them to ABC Remodeling to get the problem fixed.
Crossword – Basic Vocabulary 47
Across
1 The act of discovering (9)
4 Tart green (4)
6 State of being forgiven (11)
9 None (2)
10 Small, annoying insect (3)
11 Substance used for treating illness (8)
12 To ____ or not to ____ (2)
13 Opposite of “from” (2)
14 Formed by sediment (11)
15 Moral rightness (7)
17 Not tame (4)
18 Opposite of “high” (3)
20 Reverse the doing of something (4)
22 Head covering (3)
23 Musical play (5)
24 Pleasant (4)
25 Distinguishing object used as a guide for navigation (8)
27 Large, mouse-like rodent (3)
29 Breathing organ (4)
30 Mirror (7-5)
33 Single (3)
35 Boarding place for dogs (6)
36 Expand (7)
37 Bargain (4)
Down
1 Blemish (6)
2 Watery animal fluid (5)
3 Practice (8)
5 Lots (4)
7 Single (10)
8 Expert’s area of focus (14)
10 Utensil for pouring liquid into a narrow opening (6)
12 Place where you can go to drink alcohol (3)
16 Mesh (6)
17 Interior wooden fittings of a house (8)
19 Conjunction: While on the contrary (7)
21 Writing liquid (3)
23 Merely (4)
26 Can do (4)
28 Paper used for blowing your nose (6)
31 Color of Grandma’s hair (British spelling) (4)
32 Use a knife (3)
34 Used for catching fish (3)
Idiom Focus: Business Idioms 11
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.
cut off: stop, interrupt.
Example:
Some people talk too much on the phone. You have to just cut them off so you can get back to work.
bang for the buck: good value for your money.
Example:
Tom really got a big bang for his buck when he picked up some good file cabinets at the used office furniture store for just ten dollars.
