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Choose the correct meaning of A breach of trust.

  • To die or disappear like all living things
  • With general agreement
  • Briefly and without much detail
  • An act that breaks confidence, honesty, or responsibility
Correct answer(s):
  • An act that breaks confidence, honesty, or responsibility

Select the best explanation of A leap in the dark.

  • To emphasize a point strongly and repeatedly
  • To have power, control, or influence
  • A risky action taken without knowing the result
  • An unpleasant fact or result that is difficult to accept
  • To understand something after thought or investigation
Correct answer(s):
  • A risky action taken without knowing the result

In English grammar, how should A change of tack be understood?

  • To support or defend a person, idea, or cause
  • Very obvious or easy to understand
  • A change in method, plan, or direction
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
  • To discuss a point hypothetically
Correct answer(s):
  • A change in method, plan, or direction

Which answer explains A matter of principle correctly?

  • An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief
  • As an extra addition
  • To be abandoned, lost, or ignored
  • To fail completely or produce no result
Correct answer(s):
  • An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief

Which option gives the closest meaning of A checkered career?

  • To manage to speak when others are talking a lot
  • Automatically because no other choice is made
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
Correct answer(s):
  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies

Which meaning best matches the idiom A means to an end?

  • Fixed and not open to change
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you
  • Something done only to achieve a larger purpose
  • Automatically because no other choice is made
Correct answer(s):
  • Something done only to achieve a larger purpose

For HSC English, what is the meaning of A cog in the machine?

  • To apply influence or force to make someone act
  • To create division or hostility between people
  • A situation likely to lead to failure, danger, or serious trouble
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system
Correct answer(s):
  • A small and unimportant part of a large system

Identify the correct meaning of the expression A counsel of despair.

  • A harmful cycle in which one problem causes another and makes the first worse
  • Because of the request or command of someone
  • Very obvious or easy to understand
  • To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope
Correct answer(s):
  • Advice that accepts failure and offers no real hope

What idea is expressed by A creature of habit?

  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
  • As an extra addition
  • A collection of false statements
Correct answer(s):
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways

Select the best explanation of A cut-throat competition.

  • Not in any possible way
  • Fixed and not open to change
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly
  • A general practical method based on experience rather than exact calculation
Correct answer(s):
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly

Select the option that best explains Keep one’s head.

  • Stay calm in a difficult situation
  • Very quickly
  • Very cheerful and happy
  • Last in order but still important
  • In debt or losing money
Correct answer(s):
  • Stay calm in a difficult situation

Which option gives the correct meaning of Keep one’s nose clean?

  • Uncertain and depending on what happens next
  • Avoid attracting attention
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • Very cheerful and happy
Correct answer(s):
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Keep the ball rolling.

  • Being planned or prepared
  • Keep an activity or discussion continuing
  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • Very quickly
Correct answer(s):
  • Keep an activity or discussion continuing

What is the figurative meaning of Keep the wolf from the door?

  • In serious difficulty
  • Following as a result of something
  • At the best or strongest stage
  • Earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty
  • For the benefit of
Correct answer(s):
  • Earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty

Which meaning matches the phrase Know no bounds?

  • Have no limits
  • A weak or unconvincing reason
  • Very cheerful and happy
  • It is obvious and does not need to be said
Correct answer(s):
  • Have no limits

Choose the best interpretation of Lame excuse.

  • Avoid trouble or wrongdoing
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
  • A weak or unconvincing reason
  • Avoid attracting attention
Correct answer(s):
  • A weak or unconvincing reason

What idea does Last but not least usually express?

  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time
  • Have no limits
  • Last in order but still important
  • Despite strong opposition or difficulty
  • Uncertain and depending on what happens next
Correct answer(s):
  • Last in order but still important

Pick the correct meaning of the expression It goes without saying.

  • Very quickly
  • Confused and unable to think clearly
  • At the best or strongest stage
  • It is obvious and does not need to be said
Correct answer(s):
  • It is obvious and does not need to be said

Which answer best defines Keep a low profile?

  • Avoid attracting attention
  • Very cheerful and happy
  • In serious difficulty
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money
Correct answer(s):
  • Avoid attracting attention

What does the idiom Keep body and soul together mean?

  • At the best or strongest stage
  • Being planned or prepared
  • For the benefit of
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money
  • Confused and unable to think clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money