Across
- 4. a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat
- 5. a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients
- 9. behaving in a confident or exciting way that makes people notice you
- 11. discover or explain exactly the real facts about something or the cause of a problem
- 12. the dark colour on a man’s chin where the hair has grown during the day
- 16. sad and serious; grave
- 18. a senior employee in a large store (usually a department store) who supervises sales staff, in addition to directing and assisting customers and resolving complaints and returns
- 19. showing strong positive feelings about an activity and determination to succeed at it
- 21. to be <N> year's somebody's ? = to be two, five, ten etc years younger than someone
- 25. information about a company’s ability to pay its suppliers
- 27. an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable; A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
- 28. a strict one-design keelboat designed by Finn Hans Groop in 1967, one of the most popular yacht classes in the world
- 29. a situation in which someone gains control of a company by buying all or most of its shares
- 30. the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the ?post
- 32. a liquor produced by distilling wine, generally containing 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof)
- 33. in the shape of waves or folds, or made like this in order to give something strength
- 35. an activity in which soldiers fight an imaginary battle in order to test military plans
- 36. the primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft
- 37. Structure built on piles along the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships dock
- 38. a sore area on your skin or inside your body that may bleed or produce poisonous substances
- 42. to hit something hard against something else so that it makes a short loud noise
- 45. used for saying that something stops being successful or stops making money, or people stops buying it
- 46. forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae. They often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, including the Baltic Sea, as well as off the west coast of South America
- 47. the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway
- 49. someone who guides a ship or boat
- 52. a person who does whatever he is told to do, preferably without question, in a docile, dutiful way; servile
- 53. a distilled spirit that is principally produced in Scandinavia, where it has been produced since the 15th century
- 54. of bad quality or unpleasant
- 55. something that one does only because you are in a very bad situation
- 56. a faithful supporter of a political leader or a criminal, who is willing to do illegal things or use violence
- 58. a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a dance often takes place
- 59. building or vehicle is in bad condition and in need of repair
Down
- 1. to spend time talking about things that are not important; banter
- 2. to not like someone or something very much
- 3. an extremely successful person, organization etc
- 4. a way of advertising a book, film etc by mentioning it publicly, especially on television or radio
- 6. to definitely decide, arrange, or complete something
- 7. to attract a lot of attention in an exciting way
- 8. about 1853 meters per hour
- 10. to spend time getting back your strength or happiness after a defeat or bad experience
- 13. the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period; gross revenue
- 14. to waste time, money, or effort on something small or unimportant
- 15. a person involved in corporate or government financial decisions and especially one reluctant to spend money; a pedantic accountant
- 17. exciting or impressive (e.g. of scenery)
- 20. to make someone feel physically or mentally stronger
- 22. pretty and interesting in an old-fashioned way
- 23. done with a lot of energy and strong feelings, and sometimes violence
- 24. food – used especially when talking about the business of producing or selling food
- 26. not like someone or something
- 30. burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam
- 31. a gift of money, usually from a government, for a special use
- 34. a situation or problem which is difficult and must be dealt with carefully, especially because you may upset people
- 39. to be from a French, Russian etc family even though you were not born in that country
- 40. to pay someone money because of loss, injury, or damage that they have suffered
- 41. extremely thin; affected by a mental illness that makes someone stop eating
- 42. a person who has command of a boat or watercraft or tug, more or less equivalent to "captain in charge aboard ship
- 43. introduce an irrelevant or inappropriate subject.
- 44. to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person's opinion; to visit someone in their home
- 46. something that is attractive and gets people’s interest and attention
- 48. Existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder
- 50. a smile, look etc that shows you know something secret
- 51. a group of small islands
- 52. Do or handle something clumsily; to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way
- 57. the action of changing the direction of a sailing boat, or the distance it travels between these changes