Matching Pairs Guess the WordOnline version Guess the synonym of the word given from the picture provided. by Gloria Hidalgo-Machirant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WORK AROUND THE CLOCK (work day and night) CUTTING-EDGE ( in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "cutting-edge technology";) BLEND ( To combine (different elements) into a single entity: a career that blends medicine and engineering) AIRTIGHT (excuse, alibi, social class, etc.) (without cracks or holes or weak points) DEAD-END ( Permitting no opportunity for progress or advancement: a dead-end job.) BUTTER SOMEONE UP (To praise or flatter excessively: You're always buttering up the boss.) BRAINWASH ( persuade completely, often through coercion; "The propaganda brainwashed many people") BOMBARD ( to assail vigorously: bombarded me with questions) CHAT UP ( To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner) BREAKTHROUGH (A major achievement or success that permits further progress, as in technology.) CARROT-AND-STICK ( Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot-and-stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.) BUZZ (sound like the one that bees make) SEE EYE TO EYE (WITH SOMEONE) ON SOMETHING (be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question) DEEP-ROOTED ( Firmly implanted; well-established: deep-rooted prejudices.)