CAE USE OF ENGLISH

PART 1

to take it easy

body of evidence

in terms

red tape = putere excesiva a administratiei

at the very least safe = at the minimum

regulation

despite = in ciuda

to urge sbd = to persuade

urge (n)= wish, need

to set off = cause sbd to laugh

to rise to the challenge = to perform so as to succeed

yet = still

former = ex

to stage sth

to secure a contract

to set down = a stabili

speeds in excess of 120 km/hour

a permanent future

washed up

as far afield as

keen = impatient/ excited for sth

to call for skills

acquired = gained

wade = walk with effort through water

as opposed to = distinguished from

instigation = suggestion
converge = come from different directions and meet at a place

marvel at = be filled with wonder or admiration

whilst = during that time

whereas = in comparasion/contrast with sth

to come close

merely = only

cluster = a group of similar things close to each other

bundle= similar things tied together

sow = plant a seed

PART 2

in fact

it is exactly

it is actually

to get it right

to miss out on sth = to lose a chance for/ fail to achieve

just over 100 people / just an hour away

of those who

job cuts for their difficulties

right at the beginning

unless

to be taken with the delights

although / while

so few people

to make sbd look somehow

I could have died

of all proportion
to cause such agony

other

as if it was

someone

to look into sth

to make its way to

what was once …, it is now

to have a go = to give a try

led to

dating back 35 million years

similar to

in turn = in succession

came about thanks

to cash in

approve of

whom

by that time

to warn against sth

PART 3

variation, variety

finding

absorption

worldwide

infallible = nu poate fi invins ( from fail )

conviction = convingere

incomprehensible = not able to be understood

confusion
footsteps

spectacular

unreliable

apparently

indicator, indication

ritualistic

courtesy

geographical

serenity

unpredictability

it widened his lens

coastal

urbanisation

extraordinary

picturesque = pitoresc

idiosyncratic = distinctive, characteristic

ongoing

irregular

outlet

checkout

encoded

coverage

exhaustion

discourage

dissatisfaction

analysis

outward = external (from the ouside)

eventual

counterpart = a thing that has the same function as another

enable

breakthrough = a sudden and important discovery

regardless

PART 4

to be IN THE HABIT OF doing

to HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF winning

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT

to STRIKE YOU AS BEING

LET ALONE = daramite

SUCH IS THE force of

to congratulate sbd ON

it WOULD APPEAR THAT

to BE REPUTED TO be one of the …

to TAKE BY SURPRISE

it is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL I EVER - !!!! inversiune

to be IN THE MOOD FOR noun or TO verb

to be A COMPLETE LACK OF trust

the timetable IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE / ALTERATION depending on sth

to SHED LIGHT ON what happened = help to explain sth by providing more information

it is A LITTLE CHANCE OF

TO BE PROMOTED / TO GET A PROMOTION

TO LOSE NO TIME in doing sth

TO END UP doing sth = to finally do sth

TO FALL SHORT OF = nu a ajuns la nivelul asteptarilor

TO BE SHORT OF = a ramane fara

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE

IT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO ME

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL

HAD IT A LOT OF/ GREAT DIFFICULTY IN

CAME AS A disappointment

It FEELS THE EFFECTS OF

HAVE NO CHANCE BUT TO

LED SOMEONE BEING ( continous)

NO SOONER HAD HE finished his hw THAN HE went outside

not willing TO TAKE THE BLAME

it is BY NO MEANS UNCOMMON for students to win

IT OCCURS TO US THAT

ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF

ON NO ACCOUNT MUST THIS DOOR EVER

TO TAKE OVER the management of sth

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN wether/ if

he asked Patrick IF HE COULD BORROW sth

to MET WITH STH

MUCH TO HIS SURPRISE HE GOT sth

!!!! UNLESS – fara negatie dupa