Contextual Meaning

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

Which choice defines Catch sight of most accurately?

• to contact someone
• very healthy and strong
• to see something briefly
• to have something as the main point or result

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

Choose the correct meaning of Break out.

• to fail to reach a standard or amount
• a way to ask what someone is thinking
• to withdraw from a promise or agreement
• to start suddenly

What does the phrase Come off usually suggest?

• to defeat or overpower someone or something
• very slowly
• to enter a place by force
• to succeed or happen as planned

How should a reader understand Break through?

• to feel sad
• a good person with an unpolished manner
• to support someone or confirm what they say
• to overcome a barrier or make important progress

What does the expression Come out mean?

• an easy and pleasant situation
• as something appears, without deeper questioning
• to start suddenly
• to be published, revealed, or become known

What is the correct sense of Bring about?

• to fight or try very hard
• to cause something to happen
• a guess made with little information
• to listen with full attention

Which meaning correctly matches Come round?

• a sudden and unexpected event
• in strong disagreement
• to overcome a barrier or make important progress
• to change one’s opinion or agree after some time

In English usage, what is meant by Bring down?

• to become confident in a new situation
• an accidental mistake in speaking
• to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
• to reduce or cause something to fall

Which option shows the proper meaning of Bring forward?

• to belong or be accepted in a group
• a very short distance
• to be in a difficult situation
• to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion

Choose the correct meaning of Come up with.

• very different from something else
• so worried or confused that one does not know what to do
• to reduce or cause something to fall
• to think of or produce an idea

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Bring out?

• temporarily
• to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
• the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
• to be watchful and ready for danger or action

How should a reader understand Come what may?

• a difficult or controversial issue
• at risk or in danger of being lost
• to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
• whatever happens

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Bring someone around?

• to persuade someone to agree
• from the very beginning
• a constant source of annoyance or trouble
• to produce good results

In English usage, what is meant by Cut no ice?

• to have no effect or influence
• renewed energy or a fresh chance to live better
• to support someone or confirm what they say
• to persuade someone to agree