5th box -Flashcards

Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. to anticipate

– to give something the most effort that you can; to try as hard as you can * The university research team pulled out all the stops to make the discovery before any other university.
– the boundaries or the outside limit of something * The wide scope of power he has in this company allows him to make decisions at all levels of management.
– to expect; to predict; to think something is likely to happen * All of the employees in the company anticipated getting a large cash bonus at the end of the year.
– a phrase used when someone expect one thing but gets something else; to wonder about something that is mysterious or unclear and then to find out what it is * We thought that there was a dangerous animal trapped under the car, but it turned out to be a cat.

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