When the weekending has to stop: crosswords

Here are the answers to the latest article questions as well as the long awaited related crosswords : when the weekending has to stop. The downloadable and printable version of the crossword is available here.

1) Answers

1. Because the last time they left their teenagers at home, it was a disaster and they had to pay an expensive plumber to fix the house.
2. They broke the heated towel rail and tried to repair with Polyfilla.
3. All the teenagers will know that the house is free and they will come and have a party
4. Because she discovered that her sons spent a day sitting on the roof of their house. She thought they were doing dangerous things when they were left alone and needed adult supervision.
5. The boomerang generation is the generation of young people who leave their parents to go live their lives, but then come back after a separation or a divorce or because they don’t find a job after university. Since this is becoming more and more frequent, Michelle thinks she needs to trust them if they are going to stay at her house forever.
6. They were watching TV.
7. Because the tap handle was broken. It means they couldn’t be trusted with the house.

2) Crossword

Across

5. the covering that forms the top of a building

6. to have an argument over something that is not important

11. unwise, stupid or not showing good judgment

12. life at home taking care of your house or family
14. a container for boiling water
15. a strong wish, difficult or impossible to control
16. bad luck
17. a level of building
20. something that makes you feel better or more energetic
22. wauter faucet
24. to make the same journey regularly between work and home
26. to see or become conscious of something or someone
27. a part of an object designed for holding, moving or carrying the object easily
29. having everything ordered and arranged in the right place

Down

1. take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly

2. to begin a discussion of something difficult

3. to pull and twist something or violently away from a fixed position

4. a party or a meeting
7. recently
8. for a reason that is not clear
9. to fill something in untidy or badly organized way
10. the front part of your leg, between your knee and your foot
12. give all of something, especially your time, effort or love
13. one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true
17. to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
18. to make a sudden, short high sound
19. a complaining noise or phrase
21. to repair
23. shaped into a point
25. to show or experience great surprise or admiration
28. the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it
30. silly or stupid

Summer TV: crossword

Once again, it's time to check your vocabulary improvement after the last "lesson". Here is a crossword, that you can also download and print here

Enjoy!

Across

2. a small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group
3. in an earlier time

5. to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them, or cause problems for them of they do not do what you want
8. seeming not to need any effort
9. working or operating quickly and effectively
11. further away in the distance
13. to do an action or piece of work
17. happening after something else
20. to pull or be pulled apart
21. difficult or unpleasant conditions of life
23. to win against someone in a fight, war or competition
24. the fact that someone or something disappears
28. different from what is usual or from the way most people do things
29. a list of planned activities or things to be done, showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or to be done
30. to persuade someone to work for a company or become a new member of an organization, especially the army


Down

1. to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book or other artistic work
2. someone who was found guilty of a crime
4. use manipulation
6. usually or to a large degree
7. a drug that makes your mind and body more active
10. to be public for the first time, for a play or any other time of entertainment
11. place where a battle is being fought
12. (fig) fulfill a commitment, keep a promise
14. the occasion when someone performs or presents something to the public for the first time = premiere
15. lawyer
16. to move or cause something to move around a central point or line
18. to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
19. testicle
22. the offense of breaking a religious or moral law
25. permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well
26. to develop gradually
27. conspire

Play with your vocabulary: Brazil's protests

Dear English learners,

Here is a little crossword to test your memory. It gathers the vocabulary taught in relation to the previous blog entry "Brazil's protests raise fears for World Cup". Enjoy! Downloadable and printable version here.

Clues:

Across

4. one occasion when groups of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone

9. a large group of people who have come together

10. the set of services provided by a country or an organization for the treatment of the physically and mentally ill
13. not probably or likely to happen
15. very bad
19. to make someone decide something
21. a strip of metal going from the highest point of a building to the ground, that prevents lightning from damaging the building
23. the money that you pay for a journey on a vehicle, such as a bus or a train

Down

1. very great admiration or praise for someone
2. to make something become larger in amount or size
3. to give money or a prize following an official decision

5. Greek king who changed everything into gold

6. the act of politely or officially ask for something

7. to become worse
8. hurting someone or something
11. an elastic substance made from the juice of particular trees
12. 1,000,000
14. ask for something forcefully
16. the situation in which someone important gives jobs to friends rather than to independent people who have the necessary skills and experience
17. an object shot during shooting practice
18. Latin-American word for foreigners
20. a large angry crowd, especially one that could easily become violent
22. a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a particular opinion