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Contextual Meaning

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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

How should a reader understand A penny for your thoughts?

  • to stop working or fail to function
  • to tell only the main points
  • to hurry or start moving faster
  • a way to ask what someone is thinking
Correct answer(s):
  • a way to ask what someone is thinking

What is the correct sense of A rough diamond?

  • a good person with an unpolished manner
  • to enter a place by force
  • to have no effect or influence
  • to communicate an idea clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • a good person with an unpolished manner

In English usage, what is meant by A shot in the dark?

  • to start suddenly
  • a guess made with little information
  • naturally suited for a particular role or work
  • to make progress or become successful
Correct answer(s):
  • a guess made with little information

Which option shows the proper meaning of A slip of the tongue?

  • an accidental mistake in speaking
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to show or treat something as well as it deserves
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
Correct answer(s):
  • an accidental mistake in speaking

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of A stone's throw?

  • to cause something to happen
  • to solve the problem or work successfully
  • a very short distance
  • to mean or suggest indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • a very short distance

Which answer gives the closest meaning of A taste of one's own medicine?

  • to reduce or cause something to fall
  • sad or unhappy
  • to start doing something seriously
  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
Correct answer(s):
  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others

What idea is usually expressed by A thorn in one's side?

  • to move something to an earlier time or present it for discussion
  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list
  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to contact someone
Correct answer(s):
  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble

What does Add up mean in common English?

  • to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to become involved in difficulty or punishment
Correct answer(s):
  • to make sense or be logically correct

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

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

Which simple meaning fits A question of time?

  • something expected to happen sooner or later
  • a math question only
  • something very unlikely
  • a question without an answer
Correct answer(s):
  • something expected to happen sooner or later