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Which choice defines Catch sight of most accurately?

  • to contact someone
  • very healthy and strong
  • to see something briefly
  • to have something as the main point or result
Correct answer(s):
  • to see something briefly

The idiom Carry out is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to start doing something seriously
  • to perform or complete a task
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • to boast about one’s own achievements
Correct answer(s):
  • to perform or complete a task

Choose the meaning that fits Call on.

  • to mean or suggest indirectly
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
Correct answer(s):
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act

Pick the correct interpretation of Call off.

  • to cancel something
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • disorganized or scattered everywhere
  • the hidden or implied meaning
Correct answer(s):
  • to cancel something

Select the best meaning for the phrase Call for.

  • to make progress or become successful
  • at the proper time, not immediately
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
  • to require or demand something
Correct answer(s):
  • to require or demand something

What does Build castles in the air mean in common English?

  • to communicate an idea clearly
  • threatening in words but not harmful in action
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
  • to finish something before a deadline
Correct answer(s):
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans

What idea is usually expressed by Bring something to a close?

  • to hurry or start moving faster
  • to finish or end something
  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to suffer the worst part of something
Correct answer(s):
  • to finish or end something

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Bring someone around?

  • to persuade someone to agree
  • from the very beginning
  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to produce good results
Correct answer(s):
  • to persuade someone to agree

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Bring out?

  • temporarily
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
  • to be watchful and ready for danger or action
Correct answer(s):
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable

Which option shows the proper meaning of Bring forward?

  • to belong or be accepted in a group
  • a very short distance
  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
Correct answer(s):
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion

In English usage, what is meant by Bring down?

  • to become confident in a new situation
  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
Correct answer(s):
  • to reduce or cause something to fall

What is the correct sense of Bring about?

  • to fight or try very hard
  • to cause something to happen
  • a guess made with little information
  • to listen with full attention
Correct answer(s):
  • to cause something to happen

How should a reader understand Break through?

  • to feel sad
  • a good person with an unpolished manner
  • to support someone or confirm what they say
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
Correct answer(s):
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress

Choose the correct meaning of Break out.

  • to fail to reach a standard or amount
  • a way to ask what someone is thinking
  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to start suddenly
Correct answer(s):
  • to start suddenly

Which option has the same meaning as Break into?

  • to enter a place by force
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
  • renewed energy or a fresh chance to live better
  • at risk or in danger of being lost
Correct answer(s):
  • to enter a place by force

Which meaning correctly matches Break down?

  • to be tricked by something
  • a person cannot easily change their true character
  • to stop working or fail to function
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
Correct answer(s):
  • to stop working or fail to function

What does the expression Born with a silver spoon mean?

  • born into a rich or privileged family
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • a difficult or controversial issue
  • easily available or ready to use
Correct answer(s):
  • born into a rich or privileged family

What does the phrase Boil down to usually suggest?

  • to rely on something as a backup
  • very different from something else
  • to have something as the main point or result
  • in strong disagreement
Correct answer(s):
  • to have something as the main point or result

What is the figurative meaning of Blow one's own trumpet?

  • to boast about one’s own achievements
  • to fail or produce no result
  • a welcome and refreshing change
  • as something appears, without deeper questioning
Correct answer(s):
  • to boast about one's own achievements

Which option best explains the idiom Beyond one's reach?

  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • a sudden and unexpected event
  • very slowly
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
Correct answer(s):
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve