Contextual Meaning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which option best explains the idiom Come about?

• to become involved in difficulty or punishment
• by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
• to happen
• born into a rich or privileged family

What is the figurative meaning of Come forward?

• to remove or throw away something unwanted
• to offer help or information
• at a point where an important choice must be made
• to stop working or fail to function