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In the sentence, what does in no time mean?
He will come in no time.

  • very soon
  • never in the future
  • not in the future
  • not ever
Correct answer(s):
  • very soon

What does the expression bottom line mean?

  • the essential point
  • the end of a road
  • the last line of a book
  • a line at the bottom of a page
Correct answer(s):
  • the essential point

What does the idiom or phrase a round dozen mean?

  • a little more than a dozen
  • about a dozen
  • a full dozen
  • a little less than a dozen
Correct answer(s):
  • a full dozen

What does the idiom or phrase dog days mean?

  • a carefree period
  • a period of youthful adventures
  • a period of misfortune
  • hot weather
Correct answer(s):
  • hot weather

In the sentence, what does turn over a new leaf mean?
After failing the exam, he decided to turn over a new leaf and study every day.

  • create a new history
  • begin a new civilization
  • create a sensation
  • make a fresh start
Correct answer(s):
  • make a fresh start

What does the phrase maiden speech mean?

  • first speech
  • middle speech
  • maidservant’s speech
  • final speech
Correct answer(s):
  • first speech

What does the phrase pros and cons mean?

  • advantage only
  • disadvantage only
  • strongly
  • merits and demerits
Correct answer(s):
  • merits and demerits

What does the idiom or phrase cry wolf mean?

  • show anger
  • give a false alarm
  • clear a road
  • bare one’s teeth
Correct answer(s):
  • give a false alarm

Which phrase contains words opposed to each other in meaning?

  • hopes and aspirations
  • heat and warmth
  • reproduction and death
  • bullets and bayonets
Correct answer(s):
  • reproduction and death

Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:
Never ____ the poor.

  • look down
  • look after
  • look at
  • look down upon
Correct answer(s):
  • look down upon

What does bon voyage mean?

  • a handsome fellow
  • devil’s advocate
  • have a sound sleep
  • wish you a good trip
Correct answer(s):
  • wish you a good trip

In the sentence, what does now and again mean?
He visits us now and again.

  • occasionally
  • every day
  • many times
  • often
Correct answer(s):
  • occasionally

What does the sentence He has left the country for good mean?

  • he has left the country for foreign goods
  • he has left the country for his own benefit
  • he has left the country permanently
  • he wants to buy good things
Correct answer(s):
  • he has left the country permanently

Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:
I want to settle the issue _____.

  • once or twice
  • once and for all
  • once again
  • once in a blue moon
Correct answer(s):
  • once and for all

In the sentence Oh my God! What a big chair., how is Oh my God! used?

  • conjunction
  • prepositional phrase
  • interjection
  • interjectional phrase
Correct answer(s):
  • interjectional phrase

In the sentence Fie! You can tell a lie., how is Fie! used?

  • conjunction
  • prepositional phrase
  • interjectional phrase
  • interjection
Correct answer(s):
  • interjection