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What idea is expressed by Carry conviction?

  • Automatically because no other choice is made
  • To sound convincing or believable
  • A very large and sudden improvement or change
  • Something done only to achieve a larger purpose
Correct answer(s):
  • To sound convincing or believable

In English grammar, how should Draw a veil over be understood?

  • A risky action taken without knowing the result
  • To avoid discussing or hide something unpleasant
  • Because of someone’s request or order
  • Through spoken recommendation or information
Correct answer(s):
  • To avoid discussing or hide something unpleasant

Select the best explanation of Cast a long shadow.

  • To obey or be controlled by someone else
  • To expose a hidden scandal, secret, or truth
  • Something ugly or unpleasant that spoils an otherwise attractive place
  • To have a lasting and powerful influence
Correct answer(s):
  • To have a lasting and powerful influence

Which option gives the closest meaning of Draw blood?

  • To hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument
  • A very small distance, difference, or margin
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To fail completely or produce no result
  • A strong belief accepted without question
Correct answer(s):
  • To hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument

Which answer explains Cast in stone correctly?

  • Fixed and not open to change
  • To suffer because of lack of money or resources
  • To have power, control, or influence
  • With very little warning or preparation time
  • To manage to speak when others are talking a lot
Correct answer(s):
  • Fixed and not open to change

For HSC English, what is the meaning of Drive a wedge between?

  • To create division or hostility between people
  • To discuss a point hypothetically
  • To have a lasting and powerful influence
  • A difficult and complicated problem
Correct answer(s):
  • To create division or hostility between people

Which meaning best matches the idiom Catch at a straw?

  • A clear practical example or warning
  • A situation likely to lead to failure, danger, or serious trouble
  • To try any small hope when desperate
  • A risky action taken without knowing the result
Correct answer(s):
  • To try any small hope when desperate

Identify the correct meaning of the expression Fall by the wayside.

  • A strong belief accepted without question
  • To emphasize a point strongly and repeatedly
  • To fail to continue or be abandoned
  • To sound convincing or believable
Correct answer(s):
  • To fail to continue or be abandoned

What does the phrase Change the face of mean in standard English?

  • By honest or dishonest methods
  • A difficult and complicated problem
  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something
  • To transform something completely
Correct answer(s):
  • To transform something completely

Choose the correct meaning of Close ranks.

  • Making a careful or serious effort to do something
  • To make something very clear and noticeable
  • A constant threat or danger hanging over someone
  • To obey or be controlled by someone else
  • To unite in support or defense of a group
Correct answer(s):
  • To unite in support or defense of a group

In English grammar, how should Come full circle be understood?

  • To return to the original position or situation
  • Unable to continue, work, or succeed
  • An urgent effort to finish something before a deadline
  • To happen or become real
Correct answer(s):
  • To return to the original position or situation

Which option gives the closest meaning of Come into force?

  • A connected sequence of ideas in the mind
  • To conform or agree with rules, orders, or a group
  • To become legally or officially active
  • A personal benefit or strong stake in an outcome
Correct answer(s):
  • To become legally or officially active

For HSC English, what is the meaning of Come into one’s own?

  • To understand something after thought or investigation
  • Very severe competition in which people may act ruthlessly
  • A warning action meant to prevent stronger action later
  • To reach a stage where one’s ability or value is fully shown
  • Again and again; everywhere one tries
Correct answer(s):
  • To reach a stage where one's ability or value is fully shown

Identify the correct meaning of the expression Come to fruition.

  • To avoid discussing or hide something unpleasant
  • Unfair treatment
  • With general agreement
  • To become successful or real after effort
Correct answer(s):
  • To become successful or real after effort

What idea is expressed by Come to grips with?

  • To begin to understand or deal with a difficult matter
  • Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled
  • At an important point when a decision or change is needed
  • Very similar in character, nature, or behavior
Correct answer(s):
  • To begin to understand or deal with a difficult matter

Select the best explanation of Come to naught.

  • After taking all facts and circumstances into account
  • An unpleasant fact or result that is difficult to accept
  • To fail completely or produce no result
  • In a less favorable or weaker position
  • To create division or hostility between people
Correct answer(s):
  • To fail completely or produce no result

What idea is expressed by Back the wrong horse?

  • To wait anxiously or expectantly
  • A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways
  • To begin to understand or deal with a difficult matter
  • To support the person, plan, or side that fails
Correct answer(s):
  • To support the person, plan, or side that fails

In English grammar, how should By no stretch of the imagination be understood?

  • A career marked by both successes and failures or controversies
  • As a result of something
  • Not in any possible way
  • To wait anxiously or expectantly
  • So honest or respectable that no one is likely to suspect wrongdoing
Correct answer(s):
  • Not in any possible way

Select the best explanation of Bear testimony to.

  • During the most intense or advanced stage of something
  • To stop supporting a group and act independently
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • A mysterious quality or feeling
  • To become successful or real after effort
Correct answer(s):
  • To provide evidence or proof of something

Which answer explains Behind the veil correctly?

  • Hidden from public view or not openly known
  • To provide evidence or proof of something
  • Because of the request or command of someone
  • To suspend or postpone something temporarily
Correct answer(s):
  • Hidden from public view or not openly known