Below are a few expressions/ some vocabulary used in the listening excerp you will be asked some questions about in the Listening Test you can take here:
My suggestion is to take the test before you do the next activity, and then take the test again, to see if the exercise has helped you with improving your score.
The expressions/vocabulary along with examples in sentences only reflect the way the expressions/vocabulary are/is used in the listening excerpt. Some of the expressions might have multiple uses and meanings, Albeit expressions vocabulary have different uses and meanings in different contexts.
Each definition and example comes with a listening sample. Since you are trying to improve your listening here, make sure you listen to all the samples carefully so that you will recognise them in the listening and not only when you read them.
judging by/from something
used to say that you are making a guess based on what you have just seen, heard, or learned
thesis
a long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD
golden years/days/age etc
[only before noun] a golden period of time is one of great happiness or success
interviewer
the person who asks the questions in an interview
interviewee
the person who answers the questions in an interview
columnist
someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine
celebrity
[countable] a famous living person SYN star
star
the best or most successful person in a group of players, workers, students etc
byline
a line at the beginning of an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the writer’s name
remuneration
formal the pay you give someone for something they have done for you
handsome
[only before noun] a handsome amount of money is large
lure
People may be lured into buying tickets by clever advertising
lure somebody away
voice of
[singular] a person, organization, newspaper etc that expresses the opinions or wishes of a group of people
blah
[uncountable] spokenremarks or statements that are boring and do not mean much
blah, blah, blah
spoken used when you do not need to complete what you are saying because it is boring or because the person you are talking to already knows it
fob somebody ↔ off
to tell someone something that is not true in order to stop them from complaining
…with
to give someone something that is not very good instead of the thing they really want
…with
provocative
provocative behaviour, remarks etc are intended to make people angry or upset, or to cause a lot of discussionprovocative comment/remark/statement
be a breeze / like a breeze
informal to be very easy
be in for something
if someone is in for something unpleasant / daunting, it is going to happen to them
play the game
o do things in the way you are expected to do them or in a way that is usual in a particular situation
fret
to worry about something, especially when there is no need
fret about (doing st)
never/not in a month of Sundays
spoken especially British English used to emphasize that something will definitely never happen
longhand
if you write something in longhand, you write it by hand using complete words, rather than typing it or using special short forms of words
off the record
if you say something off the record, you do not want people to repeat what you say, for example in newspapers or meetings
hidden agenda
the secret purpose behind a plan or activity that you do not tell other people about – used to show disapproval
well-behaved/badly-behaved
not do things that annoy or offend people / do things that annoy or offend people
beastly
very unpleasant SYN nasty
regret
noun [countable usually plural, uncountable] sadness that you feel about something, especially because you wish it had not happened
with regret
intimacy
[uncountable] a state of having a close personal relationship with someone/ between two people
readable
interesting and enjoyable to read, and easy to understand
chat show
British English a television or radio show on which people talk about themselves in reply to questions