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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

Which option has the same meaning as Come up against?

  • a welcome and refreshing change
  • easily available or ready to use
  • to face a difficulty or opposition
  • to cause something to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to face a difficulty or opposition

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

Choose the correct meaning of Come up with.

  • very different from something else
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
  • to think of or produce an idea
Correct answer(s):
  • to think of or produce an idea

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

How should a reader understand Come what may?

  • a difficult or controversial issue
  • at risk or in danger of being lost
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
  • whatever happens
Correct answer(s):
  • whatever happens

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

What is the correct sense of Cut a long story short?

  • a person cannot easily change their true character
  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to tell only the main points
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
Correct answer(s):
  • to tell only the main points

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

In English usage, what is meant by Cut no ice?

  • to have no effect or influence
  • renewed energy or a fresh chance to live better
  • to support someone or confirm what they say
  • to persuade someone to agree
Correct answer(s):
  • to have no effect or influence

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

Which option shows the proper meaning of Cut out for?

  • naturally suited for a particular role or work
  • a way to ask what someone is thinking
  • to listen with full attention
  • to finish or end something
Correct answer(s):
  • naturally suited for a particular role or work

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

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

Which option has the same meaning as At loggerheads?

  • to succeed or happen as planned
  • to become confident in a new situation
  • in strong disagreement
  • a good person with an unpolished manner
Correct answer(s):
  • in strong disagreement

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

Choose the correct meaning of At one's fingertips.

  • to be published, revealed, or become known
  • easily available or ready to use
  • to belong or be accepted in a group
  • a guess made with little information
Correct answer(s):
  • easily available or ready to use

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

How should a reader understand At one's wit's end?

  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
  • temporarily
  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
Correct answer(s):
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do

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