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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

What idea does Cook the books usually express?

  • Catch someone while doing something wrong
  • Make something seem uncertain
  • Change financial records dishonestly
  • Speak directly and honestly
  • Remove someone’s support or advantage
Correct answer(s):
  • Change financial records dishonestly

Which answer best defines By a hair’s breadth?

  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
  • Control a difficult situation
  • By a very small distance or amount
  • Pass from one owner to another
Correct answer(s):
  • By a very small distance or amount

What is the figurative meaning of Balance the books?

  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses
  • Being the person who suffers or is affected by something
  • Using all one’s strength, effort, or resources
  • Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims
Correct answer(s):
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses

Which answer best represents Read the room?

  • in a difficult situation with few choices
  • to establish the basic support for future success
  • the opposite is true
  • to understand the mood or situation around you
Correct answer(s):
  • to understand the mood or situation around you

Which simple meaning fits By the book?

  • without rules
  • in a storybook only
  • by guessing
  • exactly according to rules
Correct answer(s):
  • exactly according to rules

Which option is closest in meaning to Write down?

  • to forget a fact
  • to record something in writing
  • to speak louder
  • to erase a page
Correct answer(s):
  • to record something in writing

What is the best meaning for Set an example?

  • to solve a sum only
  • to hide from others
  • to break a rule
  • to show others how to behave
Correct answer(s):
  • to show others how to behave

What does someone mean by saying Learn the ropes?

  • to climb a rope
  • to forget the rules
  • to learn how to do a job or activity
  • to tie a knot only
Correct answer(s):
  • to learn how to do a job or activity

How should we understand An open book?

  • a secret person
  • a closed library
  • a person or thing that is easy to understand
  • a difficult puzzle
Correct answer(s):
  • a person or thing that is easy to understand