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Contextual Meaning

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What does the phrase A breath of fresh air usually suggest?

  • the hidden or implied meaning
  • a welcome and refreshing change
  • to be published, revealed, or become known
  • to fight or try very hard
Correct answer(s):
  • a welcome and refreshing change

The idiom An armchair critic is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to require or demand something
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
  • to rely on something as a backup
  • a sudden and unexpected event
Correct answer(s):
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience

What does the expression A far cry from mean?

  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
  • to become confident in a new situation
  • very different from something else
Correct answer(s):
  • very different from something else

Which choice defines An uphill task most accurately?

  • to cancel something
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • a welcome and refreshing change
Correct answer(s):
  • a very difficult job or challenge

Which meaning correctly matches A hot potato?

  • to boast about one’s own achievements
  • a difficult or controversial issue
  • to face a difficulty or opposition
  • to belong or be accepted in a group
Correct answer(s):
  • a difficult or controversial issue

Which option best explains the idiom As fit as a fiddle?

  • very healthy and strong
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
  • to be tricked by something
  • very different from something else
Correct answer(s):
  • very healthy and strong

Which option has the same meaning as A leopard cannot change its spots?

  • a person cannot easily change their true character
  • to have something as the main point or result
  • to think of or produce an idea
  • temporarily
Correct answer(s):
  • a person cannot easily change their true character

What is the figurative meaning of As luck would have it?

  • to perform or complete a task
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • a difficult or controversial issue
Correct answer(s):
  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately

Choose the correct meaning of A new lease on life.

  • born into a rich or privileged family
  • whatever happens
  • from the very beginning
  • renewed energy or a fresh chance to live better
Correct answer(s):
  • renewed energy or a fresh chance to live better

Which simple meaning fits By the book?

  • without rules
  • in a storybook only
  • by guessing
  • exactly according to rules
Correct answer(s):
  • exactly according to rules

What idea does By the time express?

  • before time existed
  • without checking time
  • when a particular moment happens
  • in a clock shop
Correct answer(s):
  • when a particular moment happens

Which answer correctly explains Come to light?

  • to switch on a lamp
  • to become known
  • to stay hidden
  • to move closer
Correct answer(s):
  • to become known

What does the expression Cut down on usually mean?

  • to reduce
  • to increase greatly
  • to cut a tree only
  • to waste
Correct answer(s):
  • to reduce

Which meaning would a teacher expect for Deal with?

  • to ignore completely
  • to sell something only
  • to hide from
  • to handle or manage
Correct answer(s):
  • to handle or manage

Which answer best describes Do one’s part?

  • to do nothing
  • to do one’s share of work
  • to take all credit
  • to avoid duty
Correct answer(s):
  • to do one's share of work

What is the correct meaning of Draw attention to?

  • to make people notice something
  • to hide something
  • to draw a picture only
  • to forget the main point
Correct answer(s):
  • to make people notice something

In Grade 7 English, what does By means of mean?

  • without using anything
  • using something
  • because of a mistake
  • after a delay
Correct answer(s):
  • using something

What does someone mean by saying With flying colors?

  • with great success
  • with bright paint only
  • with complete failure
  • with no effort
Correct answer(s):
  • with great success