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Contextual Meaning

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Pick the option that best matches Hold out.

  • to establish the basic support for future success
  • to continue resisting or lasting
  • slightly unwell or upset
  • to cause something to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to continue resisting or lasting

Which option best explains the expression Hold up?

  • to delay or stop progress
  • to guide others or go first
  • in addition to something
  • to oppose or act contrary to something
Correct answer(s):
  • to delay or stop progress

Select the best interpretation of Go back on.

  • looking for something
  • to allow space or opportunity for something else
  • to behave as if one is more important than others
  • to break a promise or fail to keep one’s word
Correct answer(s):
  • to break a promise or fail to keep one's word

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

Which option best explains the expression Get through?

  • in agreement or harmony with something
  • to consider difficulties or special circumstances
  • to complete or survive something difficult
  • to recover or survive a difficult situation
Correct answer(s):
  • to complete or survive something difficult

The phrase Give in is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to honor someone who has died
  • to treat something as less serious than it is
  • to save something or stop considering it temporarily
  • to stop resisting and accept something
Correct answer(s):
  • to stop resisting and accept something

What is the figurative use of Give rise to?

  • not at all
  • to understand or see something with difficulty
  • to cause something to happen
  • to propose or suggest something
Correct answer(s):
  • to cause something to happen

Which option correctly defines Go against?

  • for the purpose of doing something
  • to oppose or act contrary to something
  • to use a difficult situation as well as possible
  • to recommend or speak favorably about someone
Correct answer(s):
  • to oppose or act contrary to something

Choose the meaning that matches Go along with.

  • instead of someone or something
  • to agree with or support an idea
  • to compensate for something
  • to apply an idea or plan in real life
Correct answer(s):
  • to agree with or support an idea

Choose the meaning that fits Get into trouble.

  • to be watchful and ready for danger or action
  • to perform or complete a task
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • to become involved in difficulty or punishment
Correct answer(s):
  • to become involved in difficulty or punishment

The idiom Get rid of is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to produce good results
  • to remove or throw away something unwanted
  • to see something briefly
  • to be tricked by something
Correct answer(s):
  • to remove or throw away something unwanted

Which choice defines Get the better of most accurately?

  • to defeat or overpower someone or something
  • to suffer the worst part of something
  • to happen
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
Correct answer(s):
  • to defeat or overpower someone or something

What idea is usually expressed by Down in the dumps?

  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • sad or unhappy
  • to be watchful and ready for danger or action
  • to cancel something
Correct answer(s):
  • sad or unhappy

In English usage, what is meant by From scratch?

  • from the very beginning
  • easily available or ready to use
  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
  • to solve the problem or work successfully
Correct answer(s):
  • from the very beginning

What does Draw up mean in common English?

  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list
  • a very short distance
  • to produce good results
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
Correct answer(s):
  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list

Which option shows the proper meaning of Get a move on?

  • to hurry or start moving faster
  • so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
  • sad or unhappy
Correct answer(s):
  • to hurry or start moving faster

Select the best meaning for the phrase Drive someone up the wall.

  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to suffer the worst part of something
  • to perform or complete a task
Correct answer(s):
  • to annoy someone very much

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Get across?

  • at risk or in danger of being lost
  • to persuade someone to agree
  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list
  • to communicate an idea clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • to communicate an idea clearly

Pick the correct interpretation of Drop a hint.

  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to suggest something indirectly
  • to finish something before a deadline
  • to see something briefly
Correct answer(s):
  • to suggest something indirectly

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Get ahead?

  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to finish or end something
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to make progress or become successful
Correct answer(s):
  • to make progress or become successful