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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

What does the idiom or phrase took to heart mean?

  • made him quite vain
  • was deeply affected
  • was deeply cheered
  • cheered himself up
Correct answer(s):
  • was deeply affected

What does the idiom or phrase heart in the right place mean?

  • means well and is kindly or sympathetic
  • faithful to their employers
  • appealed deeply to them
  • out of favor with him
Correct answer(s):
  • means well and is kindly or sympathetic

What does the phrase coming to the front mean?

  • disturbed the working of
  • attaining prominence
  • made him quite vain
  • in keeping
Correct answer(s):
  • attaining prominence

What does the idiom or phrase thrown out of gear mean?

  • disturbed the working of
  • with all our power
  • made him quite vain
  • out of favor with him
  • in keeping
Correct answer(s):
  • disturbed the working of

What does the idiom or phrase coining money mean?

  • in keeping
  • out of favor with him
  • making money very rapidly
  • in favor with someone
Correct answer(s):
  • making money very rapidly

What does the phrase in character mean?

  • made him quite vain
  • in keeping
  • faithful to their employers
  • pay for it
  • with all our power
Correct answer(s):
  • in keeping

What does the idiom or phrase in someone's good books mean?

  • in keeping
  • out of favor with someone
  • in favor with someone
  • in trouble with someone
  • without someone’s knowledge
Correct answer(s):
  • in favor with someone

What does the idiom or phrase in his bad books mean?

  • ran off
  • faithful to their employers
  • made him quite vain
  • out of favor with him
  • with all our power
Correct answer(s):
  • out of favor with him

What does the idiom or phrase quite at sea mean?

  • perplexed and at a loss about what to do
  • made him quite vain
  • with all our power
  • faithful to their employers
  • ran off
Correct answer(s):
  • perplexed and at a loss about what to do

What does the idiom or phrase put one's foot in it mean?

  • with all our power
  • to blunder or get into a scrape
  • faithful to their employers
  • pay for it
  • made him quite vain
Correct answer(s):
  • to blunder or get into a scrape

What does the idiom or phrase foot the bill mean?

  • stay loyal to employers
  • pay for it
  • run away
  • use all our power
  • remain in ignorance
Correct answer(s):
  • pay for it

What does the phrase changed hands mean?

  • became someone else’s property
  • ran off
  • became loyal to employers
  • remained with the same owner
  • belonged to no one
Correct answer(s):
  • became someone else's property

What does the idiom or phrase take to one's heels mean?

  • became vain
  • remained faithful
  • ran off
  • acted in ignorance
  • stood nearby
Correct answer(s):
  • ran off

What does the phrase within a stone's throw mean?

  • at a short distance
  • faithful to their employers
  • far away from a place
  • in ignorance
  • faithful to employers
Correct answer(s):
  • at a short distance