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Which answer explains A dim view of correctly?

  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something
  • To act honestly, sincerely, and with fair intention
  • To try any small hope when desperate
  • In effect; almost completely
  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
Correct answer(s):
  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something

Select the best explanation of A cut-throat competition.

  • Not in any possible way
  • Fixed and not open to change
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly
  • A general practical method based on experience rather than exact calculation
Correct answer(s):
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly

What idea is expressed by A creature of habit?

  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
  • As an extra addition
  • A collection of false statements
Correct answer(s):
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways

Identify the correct meaning of the expression A counsel of despair.

  • A harmful cycle in which one problem causes another and makes the first worse
  • Because of the request or command of someone
  • Very obvious or easy to understand
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope
Correct answer(s):
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope

For HSC English, what is the meaning of A cog in the machine?

  • To apply influence or force to make someone act
  • To create division or hostility between people
  • A situation likely to lead to failure, danger, or serious trouble
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system
Correct answer(s):
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system

Which option gives the closest meaning of A checkered career?

  • To manage to speak when others are talking a lot
  • Automatically because no other choice is made
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
Correct answer(s):
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies

In English grammar, how should A change of tack be understood?

  • To support or defend a person, idea, or cause
  • Very obvious or easy to understand
  • A change in method, plan, or direction
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
  • To discuss a point hypothetically
Correct answer(s):
  • A change in method, plan, or direction

Choose the correct meaning of A breach of trust.

  • To die or disappear like all living things
  • With general agreement
  • Briefly and without much detail
  • An act that breaks confidence, honesty, or responsibility
Correct answer(s):
  • An act that breaks confidence, honesty, or responsibility

What does the phrase A blot on the landscape mean in standard English?

  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • Something ugly or unpleasant that spoils an otherwise attractive place
  • To return to the original position or situation
  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
Correct answer(s):
  • Something ugly or unpleasant that spoils an otherwise attractive place

Which meaning best matches the idiom A bitter pill to swallow?

  • As a result of something
  • To give little attention, sympathy, or consideration
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope
  • An unpleasant fact or result that is difficult to accept
  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something
Correct answer(s):
  • An unpleasant fact or result that is difficult to accept

What idea does Last but not least usually express?

  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time
  • Have no limits
  • Last in order but still important
  • Despite strong opposition or difficulty
  • Uncertain and depending on what happens next
Correct answer(s):
  • Last in order but still important

Choose the best interpretation of Lame excuse.

  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
  • A weak or unconvincing reason
  • Avoid attracting attention
Correct answer(s):
  • A weak or unconvincing reason

Which meaning matches the phrase Know no bounds?

  • Have no limits
  • A weak or unconvincing reason
  • Very cheerful and happy
  • It is obvious and does not need to be said
Correct answer(s):
  • Have no limits

What is the figurative meaning of Keep the wolf from the door?

  • In serious difficulty
  • Following as a result of something
  • At the best or strongest stage
  • Earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty
  • For the benefit of
Correct answer(s):
  • Earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Keep the ball rolling.

  • Being planned or prepared
  • Keep an activity or discussion continuing
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • Very quickly
Correct answer(s):
  • Keep an activity or discussion continuing

Which option gives the correct meaning of Keep one’s nose clean?

  • Uncertain and depending on what happens next
  • Avoid attracting attention
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • Very cheerful and happy
Correct answer(s):
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing

Select the option that best explains Keep one’s head.

  • Stay calm in a difficult situation
  • Very quickly
  • Very cheerful and happy
  • Last in order but still important
  • In debt or losing money
Correct answer(s):
  • Stay calm in a difficult situation

In English, what is meant by Keep one’s fingers crossed?

  • Receiving public attention
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
  • Last in order but still important
  • Hope for good luck
Correct answer(s):
  • Hope for good luck

Choose the correct meaning of Keep one’s chin up.

  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time
  • Stuck in a boring fixed routine
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Receiving public attention
Correct answer(s):
  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time

What does the idiom Keep body and soul together mean?

  • At the best or strongest stage
  • Being planned or prepared
  • For the benefit of
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money
  • Confused and unable to think clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money