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Which meaning correctly matches Feel blue?

  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • to enter a place by force
  • to feel sad
  • whatever happens
Correct answer(s):
  • to feel sad

Which option has the same meaning as Fight tooth and nail?

  • at a point where an important choice must be made
  • to fight or try very hard
  • to start suddenly
  • to tell only the main points
Correct answer(s):
  • to fight or try very hard

Choose the correct meaning of Find one's feet.

  • very slowly
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to have no effect or influence
  • to become confident in a new situation
Correct answer(s):
  • to become confident in a new situation

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Do justice to?

  • a good person with an unpolished manner
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
Correct answer(s):
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves

How should a reader understand Fit in?

  • as something appears, without deeper questioning
  • to belong or be accepted in a group
  • to cause something to happen
  • naturally suited for a particular role or work
Correct answer(s):
  • to belong or be accepted in a group

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Do the trick?

  • a guess made with little information
  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to solve the problem or work successfully
  • to require or demand something
Correct answer(s):
  • to solve the problem or work successfully

What is the correct sense of For the time being?

  • temporarily
  • in strong disagreement
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
Correct answer(s):
  • temporarily

What idea is usually expressed by Down in the dumps?

  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • sad or unhappy
  • to be watchful and ready for danger or action
  • to cancel something
Correct answer(s):
  • sad or unhappy

In English usage, what is meant by From scratch?

  • from the very beginning
  • easily available or ready to use
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
  • to solve the problem or work successfully
Correct answer(s):
  • from the very beginning

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

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

Which option best explains the idiom Come about?

  • to become involved in difficulty or punishment
  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • to happen
  • born into a rich or privileged family
Correct answer(s):
  • to happen

What is the figurative meaning of Come forward?

  • to remove or throw away something unwanted
  • to offer help or information
  • at a point where an important choice must be made
  • to stop working or fail to function
Correct answer(s):
  • to offer help or information

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

What does the phrase Come off usually suggest?

  • to defeat or overpower someone or something
  • very slowly
  • to enter a place by force
  • to succeed or happen as planned
Correct answer(s):
  • to succeed or happen as planned

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

What does the expression Come out mean?

  • an easy and pleasant situation
  • as something appears, without deeper questioning
  • to start suddenly
  • to be published, revealed, or become known
Correct answer(s):
  • to be published, revealed, or become known

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

Which meaning correctly matches Come round?

  • a sudden and unexpected event
  • in strong disagreement
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
Correct answer(s):
  • to change one's opinion or agree after some time

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