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What does Put in a good word suggest in everyday use?

  • to stop or prevent progress, speech, or action
  • to monitor or record something carefully
  • not official or not meant to be made public
  • to recommend or speak favorably about someone
Correct answer(s):
  • to recommend or speak favorably about someone

Which choice shows the idiomatic meaning of On account of?

  • because of something
  • to stop resisting and accept something
  • at the proper time
  • not to mention; even less
Correct answer(s):
  • because of something

Select the best interpretation of Mind your language.

  • to reserve something for a special purpose
  • altogether or as a total
  • to speak politely and avoid rude words
  • to understand how something is done
Correct answer(s):
  • to speak politely and avoid rude words

What is the figurative use of Keep an open mind?

  • having a friendly relationship
  • to stop resisting and accept something
  • to remain willing to consider new ideas
  • whatever happens or anyway
Correct answer(s):
  • to remain willing to consider new ideas

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Heart and soul?

  • said to hope that good luck continues
  • with complete effort and sincerity
  • very close to doing or experiencing something
  • to arrange, establish, or create something
Correct answer(s):
  • with complete effort and sincerity

What does Go down in history suggest in everyday use?

  • to be remembered as important in the future
  • despite something
  • to speak politely and avoid rude words
  • to extinguish something or stop it from burning
Correct answer(s):
  • to be remembered as important in the future

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

Choose the meaning that fits Call on.

  • to mean or suggest indirectly
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
Correct answer(s):
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act

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

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Be all ears?

  • to tell only the main points
  • to make progress or become successful
  • to listen with full attention
  • to make sense or be logically correct
Correct answer(s):
  • to listen with full attention

Which option shows the proper meaning of A slip of the tongue?

  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
Correct answer(s):
  • an accidental mistake in speaking