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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

Which answer explains A dim view of correctly?

  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something
  • To act honestly, sincerely, and with fair intention
  • To try any small hope when desperate
  • In effect; almost completely
  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
Correct answer(s):
  • A disapproving or negative opinion about something

Which meaning best matches the idiom A foregone conclusion?

  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • A practical, realistic, and sensible way of dealing with something
  • A result that is certain before it happens
Correct answer(s):
  • A result that is certain before it happens

What does the phrase A full-fledged member mean in standard English?

  • A complete and officially recognized member
  • Hidden from public view or not openly known
  • At the beginning or edge of a new stage
  • A decisive moment when an important change begins
Correct answer(s):
  • A complete and officially recognized member

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

Choose the correct meaning of Keep one’s chin up.

  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time
  • Stuck in a boring fixed routine
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Receiving public attention
Correct answer(s):
  • Remain cheerful in a difficult time

In English, what is meant by Keep one’s fingers crossed?

  • Receiving public attention
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
  • Last in order but still important
  • Hope for good luck
Correct answer(s):
  • Hope for good luck

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