Sunny Side Up

Here are the answers for the vocab and grammar sections corresponding to the prologue.

Section A

1.       Little bullet-like

2.       Fine

3.       Basic back-to-nature

4.       Sloping and leaking

5.       Nerve-jangling

6.       Hectic outside

7.       Pale and jaded

8.       Decent. Precious

9.       Absolutely

10.   Exactly sparkling

11.   Rain-sodden

12.   Funny

13.   Outsize

14.   Costly

15.   Centuries-old beamed

16.   Gaudy floor-to-ceiling

17.   Flowery

18.   Headlong, modern, obsessive, material

19.   Age

20.   Shattered, broken, crushed

Section B

1.On, 2. Without, 3. By, 4. Out, 5. On, from; 6. Past, 7. To, 8. In, 9. Out, 10. Down, for; 11. To, 12. For, 13. Of, 14. From, 15. Out, about.

Section D

1.Man’s frills and follies. Frills: things that are not necessary but are added to make something more attractive or interesting. Follies: stupidity, the fact of doing something stupid, an activity or idea that shows a lack of judgement.

2.A spending spree. A short period of time that you spend doing one particular activity that you enjoy, but often too much of it.

3.To have little idea of something.  To not have a clear plan or thought about what to do in a particular situation.

4.Having knocked about the world a bit. Having travelled and lived in various places.

5.To know a thing or two. To know a lot about something from your own experience.