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Contextual Meaning

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Choose the meaning that fits Eat humble pie.

  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
  • to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize

What idea is usually expressed by Get along with?

  • to support someone or confirm what they say
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
  • to suggest something indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone

The idiom End in smoke is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to fail or produce no result
  • threatening in words but not harmful in action
  • the hidden or implied meaning
  • to offer help or information
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail or produce no result

What does Get at mean in common English?

  • to listen with full attention
  • to require or demand something
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • to mean or suggest indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to mean or suggest indirectly

Which choice defines Fall back on most accurately?

  • to rely on something as a backup
  • at the proper time, not immediately
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
  • to succeed or happen as planned
Correct answer(s):
  • to rely on something as a backup

Select the best meaning for the phrase Get down to.

  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to cancel something
  • to start doing something seriously
  • to fail or produce no result
Correct answer(s):
  • to start doing something seriously

Which option best explains the idiom Fall flat?

  • disorganized or scattered everywhere
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • to boast about one’s own achievements
  • to be published, revealed, or become known
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail to impress or succeed

Pick the correct interpretation of Get in touch with.

  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
  • to rely on something as a backup
  • to contact someone
Correct answer(s):
  • to contact someone

What is the figurative meaning of Fall for?

  • to be tricked by something
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
  • to have something as the main point or result
  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
Correct answer(s):
  • to be tricked by something

What does the phrase Fall out usually suggest?

  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • born into a rich or privileged family
  • to face a difficulty or opposition
Correct answer(s):
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly

What does the expression Fall short of mean?

  • very healthy and strong
  • to stop working or fail to function
  • to fail to reach a standard or amount
  • to think of or produce an idea
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail to reach a standard or amount

Which meaning correctly matches Feel blue?

  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • to enter a place by force
  • to feel sad
  • whatever happens
Correct answer(s):
  • to feel sad

Which option has the same meaning as Fight tooth and nail?

  • at a point where an important choice must be made
  • to fight or try very hard
  • to start suddenly
  • to tell only the main points
Correct answer(s):
  • to fight or try very hard

Choose the correct meaning of Find one's feet.

  • very slowly
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to have no effect or influence
  • to become confident in a new situation
Correct answer(s):
  • to become confident in a new situation

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Do justice to?

  • a good person with an unpolished manner
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
Correct answer(s):
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves

How should a reader understand Fit in?

  • as something appears, without deeper questioning
  • to belong or be accepted in a group
  • to cause something to happen
  • naturally suited for a particular role or work
Correct answer(s):
  • to belong or be accepted in a group

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Do the trick?

  • a guess made with little information
  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to solve the problem or work successfully
  • to require or demand something
Correct answer(s):
  • to solve the problem or work successfully

What is the correct sense of For the time being?

  • temporarily
  • in strong disagreement
  • to reduce or cause something to fall
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
Correct answer(s):
  • temporarily

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

The idiom Carry out is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to start doing something seriously
  • to perform or complete a task
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • to boast about one’s own achievements
Correct answer(s):
  • to perform or complete a task