What does the idiom or phrase in his bad books mean?
Correct answer(s):
- out of favor with him
Subject
English Grammar
English grammar is the structure of expressions in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences. There are certain differences in grammar between the standard forms of British English, American English and Australian English, although these are inconspicuous compared with the lexical and pronunciation differences.
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What does the idiom or phrase quite at sea mean?
Correct answer(s):
- perplexed and at a loss about what to do
What does the idiom or phrase stand in one's own light mean?
Correct answer(s):
- act against one's own interests and hinder one's own advancement
What does the idiom or phrase put one's foot in it mean?
Correct answer(s):
- to blunder or get into a scrape
What does the idiom or phrase foot the bill mean?
Correct answer(s):
- pay for it
What does the phrase changed hands mean?
Correct answer(s):
- became someone else's property
What does the phrase by long odds mean?
Correct answer(s):
- most decidedly
What does the idiom or phrase take to one's heels mean?
Correct answer(s):
- ran off
What does the phrase within a stone's throw mean?
Correct answer(s):
- at a short distance
Like human, zoo animals must have a dentist to have their teeth ____
Correct answer(s):
- filled
Lobbyists who represent special interest groups get ____ that benefits their groups.
Correct answer(s):
- congress to pass the legislation
BRTC often ____ extra beyond their normal wage as the day to day expense is too much high to maintain themselves.
Correct answer(s):
- lets employees earn
Psychologists believe that incentives ____ to increase our productivity.
Correct answer(s):
- make us want
In partnership with John D.Rockefeller, Henry Flager ____ the Standard Oil Company.
Correct answer(s):
- helped form
Please ____ pay your monthly dues regularly.
Correct answer(s):
- remember to
It costs about tk. 500 to have a tooth ____.
Correct answer(s):
- filled
Which is the following sentence is correct?
Correct answer(s):
- The speaker made the audience listen to him.
Select Appropriate Sentence : Where_____ ?
Correct answer(s):
- did you have your hair cut?
My mother ____ by a well-known photographer.
Correct answer(s):
- had her photo taken
He didn’t let me ____ the guitar.
Correct answer(s):
- play