Unit 7a
Klausimas #1
A. Match the definitions.
| 1 Longevity ... | ... If something is before your time, it happened or existed before you were born or were old enough to remember it when everything is going well | |
| 2 Immortality ... | ... the length of time for which a person, animal, or thing exists | |
| 3 Lease of life ... | ... sometimes, but not often | |
| 4 Segregation ... | ... a situation that is extremely serious | |
| 5 Lifespan ... | ... an important event in the development or history of something or in someone's life | |
| 6 Laugh off ... | ... an occasion when you become more energetic and active than before | |
| 7 From time to time ... | ... the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion | |
| 8 Before my time ... | ... to make yourself laugh about something unpleasant in order to make it seem less important or serious | |
| 9 Matter of life and death ... | ... the quality of being able to live or last for ever | |
| 10 Milestones in life ... | ... living for a long time |
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Klausimas #2
B. Match the definitions.
| 1 Prime of life ... | ... to be very lucky in life, often escaping dangerous situations without being hurt | |
| 2 Live a charmed life ... | ... in the best, most successful, most productive stage | |
| 3 Breathe life into ... | ... to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person | |
| 4 Shelf life ... | ... to treat something as if it is not important or not a problem | |
| 5 Cross off ... | ... to remove someone or something, such as a name, from a list by drawing a line through it | |
| 6 Fend off ... | ... involving little exercise or physical activity | |
| 7 Shrug off ... | ... to bring new ideas and energy to something | |
| 8 Wear off ... | ... the length of time that a product, especially food, can be kept in a shop before it becomes too old to be sold or used | |
| 9 Sedentary ... | ... if a feeling or the effect of something wears off, it gradually disappears |
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